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English to Spanish: US History/American Revolution General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: History
Source text - English The complex situation of Catholicism in Great Britain had results in their Colonies. At the time of the American revolution, Catholics formed approximately 1.6% of the total American population of the original 13 colonies. If Catholics were seen as potential enemies of the British state, Irish Catholics, subject to British rule, were doubly-damned. In Ireland they had been subject to British domination. In America Catholics were still forbidden from settling in some of the colonies. Although the head of their faith dwelt in Rome, they were under the official representation of the Catholic Bishop of the London diocese, one James Talbot. When War began, Bishop Talbot declared his faithfulness to the British Crown. (If he had done otherwise, Catholics in England would have been in trouble. Anti-Catholic sentiment still ran high.) He forbade any Colonial priest to serve Communion. This made practice of the faith impossible. This created sympathy for the Colonial rebels. The Continental Army's alliance with the French increased sympathy for the faith. When the French fleet arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, the colony repealed the Act of 1664 and allowed citizenship to Catholics. (This anticipated the provision of the Constitutional Bill of Rights which would strike anti-Catholic laws from the books.) After the war, the Pope created an American Bishop, John Carroll -- a descendant of the same Carrolls who had helped found Maryland -- and an American Diocese communicating directly with Rome. The British government commanded General Thomas Gage to enforce the Intolerable Acts and shut down the Massachusetts legislature. Gage decided to confiscate a stockpile of colonial arms located in Concord. On April 19, 1775, Gage's troops marched to Concord. On the way, at the town of Lexington, Americans who had been warned in advance by Paul Revere and others of the British movements made an attempt to stop the troops. No one knows which side fired the first shot, but it sparked battle on Lexington Green between the British and the Minutemen. Faced against an overwhelmingly superior number of British regular troops in an open field, the Minutemen were quickly routed. Nevertheless, alarms sounded through the countryside. The colonial militias poured in and were able to launch guerrilla attacks on the British while they marched on to Concord. The colonials amassed of troops at Concord. They engaged the British in force there, and they were able to repulse them. They then claimed the contents of the armory. The British retreated to Boston under a constant and withering fire from all sides. Only a reinforcing column with artillery support on the outskirts of Boston prevented the British withdrawal from becoming a total rout. The following day the British woke up to find Boston surrounded by 20,000 armed colonists, occupying the neck of land extending to the peninsula the city stood on.
Translation - Spanish La situación compleja del catolicismo en Gran Bretaña tuvo efectos en sus colonias. A la hora de la revolución Americana, los católicos formaban aproximadamente el 1.6% de la entera populación Americana de las 13 colonias originales. Si los católicos fueron vistos como enemigos potenciales del estado Británico, los católicos Irlandeses, sujetos al dominio Británico, eran aún más malditos. En Irlanda fueron sujetos al dominio Británico. En América, seguía prohibido para los católicos instalarse en algunas colonias. Aunque el líder de su confesión residía en Roma, fueron representados oficialmente por el obispo católico de la diócesis de Londres, un James Talbot. Cuando comenzó la guerra, el obispo Talbot declaró su lealtad al la corona Británica. (Si hubiera hecho lo contrario, los católicos en Inglaterra hubieran tenido problemas. El sentimiento anticatólico seguía circulando.) Prohibió a cualquier sacerdote colonial servir la comunión. Esto hizo que practicar la fe fuera imposible. Esto creó empatía por los rebeldes coloniales. La alianza del ejército continental con los franceses aumentó la empatía por a la fe. Cuando la flota francesa llegó a Newport, Rhode Island, la colonia revocó el acta de 1664 y les permitió la ciudadania a los católicos. (Esto anticipó la disposición del derecho constitucional que eliminaría las leyes anticatólicas.) Después de la guerra, el Papa creó un obispo Americano, John Carroll -- un descendiente de los Carrolls que ayudaron fundar Maryland -- y una diócesis Americana que comunique directamente con Roma. El gobierno Británico ordenó al general Thomas Gage a aplicar los Actos Intolerables y a cerrar la legislatura de Massachusetts. Gage decidió confiscar una reserva de armas coloniales hallado en Concord. El 19 de abril de 1775, las tropas de Gage se marcharon a Concord. De camino, en la ciudad de Lexington, ciertos Americanos informados previamente por Paul Revere y otros del movimiento Británico trataron de detener las tropas. Nadie sabe qué parte disparó el primer tiro, pero se provocó una batalla en Lexington Green entre los Británicos y los minutemen. Frente a un numero inmensamente superior de las tropas Británicas en un campo abierto, los minutemen rápidamente fueron derrotados. Sin embargo, las alarmas sonaron por todo el campo. Los militantes coloniales llegaron y lograron lanzar un ataque guerrilla contra los Británicos mientras marchaban hacia Concord. Los coloniales aumentaron en tropas en Concord. Se enfrentaron a los Británicos en poder allá, y lograron expulsarlos. Entonces recuperaron el contenido de la armería. Los Británicos se retiraron a Boston bajo un fuego constante y desvaneciente viniendo de todos lados. Solo una columna de refuerzo con apoyo de artillería en las afueras de Boston impide que el retiro de los Británicos fuera una derrota total. El día siguiente los Británicos se despertaron para descubrir que Boston estaba rodeado por 20,000 colonos armados, ocupando la franja de tierra que se extiende a la península en la que se hallaba la ciudad.
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I am an IT Technician with various years of experience working as a Help Desk support Technician for various international companies including support services for the Malabo International Airport in Equatorial Guinea. Over the years, I've acquired a lot of experience working with clients from various nationalities. My priorities include providing each client with a satisfying result on time. I am also a skilled live interpreter and content translator.
For the past 4 years, i've been volunteering as a correspondence translator and proofreader for the religious entity "Association Chrétienne Les Témoins de Jéhovah" in Cameroon. I've been able to interprete large religious conferences with audience from various countries tied in. My language pairs are as follows: ES-EN; EN-ES; FR-EN & FR-ES. Being from an English/Spanish background gives me a bilingual proficiency in these languages. Furthermore, having lived in all countries where my language pairs are spoken gives me a very high ability to adapt to any of the combinations mentioned above with the guarantee of getting the right thoughts conveyed almost perfectly.
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