{"id":1386,"date":"2023-07-20T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2025-06-06T23:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T23:20:35","slug":"ilhas-flakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=1386","title":{"rendered":"Ilhas Flakland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Las Islas Malvinas son una dependencia brit\u00e1nica en el Atl\u00e1ntico Sur cerca de Argentina.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from the poor Spanish, on which I have no competency to judge, I do not see a problem with the name of the archipelago. Some may have a problem with the meaning of the sentence, but that is not what I am addressing here. In English we would of course say: The Falkland Islands are a British dependency in the South Atlantic near Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

When we put \u2018The United Kingdom is part of an archipelago off the west coast of Europe.<\/em> \u2018  into Spanish  it would be nonsense to say \u2018El United Kingdom es parte de un archipi\u00e9lago frente a la costa oeste de Europa.<\/em>\u2019  Even the English expect to hear: El Reino Unido es parte de un archipi\u00e9lago frente a la costa oeste de Europa.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So a document produced by the EU, in respect of a primarily Spanish speaking conference making refence to the south sea archipelago by both its name in Spanish and in English is nothing about which to get hot under the collar, is it? Or am I missing something?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, I think we should take the EU to task, for the actual words are: \u2018over the Islas Malvinas \/ Falkland Islands<\/em>\u2019 on two points. The word order is incorrect, unless F comes before I in the EU alphabet, and the article is incorrect. The correct names are The Falkland Islands<\/strong> and Las Islas Malvinas<\/strong>. The Islas Malvinas<\/em> is an abomination, deserving of no place either in the Spanish language or the English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally we note that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in the Spanish language version, which is entirely expected, the English language name of the archipelago is omitted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

in the French language version we have a reference to les \u00celes Malouines\/\u00celes Falkland<\/em>, which is perhaps also expected as it is well known that the French, apart from de Gaulle do not know whether to say Oui ou Non<\/em> (with apologies to my French friends)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in the Portuguese language version we have as Ilhas Malvinas \/ Ilhas Falkland<\/em>, which is really quite confusing considering the close relationship between the Spanish and Portuguese tongues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further information refer to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n