Mar 3, 2011 22:26
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

titular

Spanish to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. Spain
This is from an academic study about the British election campaign...

Del texto:
FB y Twitter permiten enviar mensajes cortos y enlaces; el uso de las mismas por parte de todos los candidatos muestra la apuesta de los partidos por el “titular”.

I'm leaning toward "regular" or "normal"- what do you think?
Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +7 headline
2 personal

Discussion

Jenni Lukac (X) Mar 3, 2011:
I'd ask the writer to explain what he or she wanted to say, rather than speculate.

Proposed translations

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headline

Hard to see from the sentence only how it would fit, but I suspect it would make sense in the broader context. "Titular" can certainly mean a newspaper headline and political parties are certainly interested in those! Perhaps Twitter - with its pithy pronouncements - is a good source of or resembles newspaper headlines. Since "titular" is placed in quotes, it would seem to suggest headline-like rather than necessarily a headline in itself.
Example sentence:

El titular es la primera toma de contacto del lector con la noticia. Debe ser atractivo para que el lector siga leyendo, por ello, sus funciones serán las de informar y atraer al lector. El titular resume el tema de la noticia pero no debe agotar la info

Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis : This seems to me the most likely meaning
1 hr
agree James A. Walsh : On second thoughts, I agree.
2 hrs
agree Jessica Noyes
2 hrs
agree MedTrans&More
2 hrs
agree Mirtha Grotewold
3 hrs
agree Bubo Coroman (X) : to put it another way: "messages that are short and to the point" (require only a short attention span)
9 hrs
agree Carmen Gabás
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personal

just wondering if the idea here is the "personal touch" offered by social networks such as Facebook and twitter?

I'd be interested to know if a native speaker read it that way.
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