This page provides practices for you to do at home.  The first several practices provide extracts of about 200 words.  The practices increase in complexity until you can translate about 600 words.  Following each practice is a translation of the practice.  Type up your translation and compare it to the translation provided.  Bring the self-marked translation to class with any questions you may have. 

 

SHORT PRACTICES  (200 ­ 300 WORDS)

 

On Literature:  Mexican Poetry in the Revolutionary Period

 

On Film Studies:  Spanish Cinema and Womenıs Roles

 

On Religion:  The Suppression of the Jesuits

 

On Political Science:  Recent Wars in Africa

 

On Music History:  The History of Persian Music

 

MEDIUM-LENGTH PRACTICES  (300-500 WORDS)

 

On History and Anthropology:  Infectious Diseases in the Conquest of the Americas

 

On Political History:  Political History in 19th Century Peru

 

On Political History and Sociology:  The Legal Status of Mexican Minority Religions

 

On Economics and Political Science:  Cuba Before the Revolution

 

FULL-LENGTH PRACTICES  (600 WORDS)

 

On Gender Studies:  Women in Literature

 

On Music and Literature:  Music in Don Quijote

 

On Communication Studies:  The Terrorist Attacks in Madrid

 

On Economic and Social History:  The Paraguayan Reductions