News (T-E) #2 | Introduction to Translation

Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

2202124 Introduction to Translation

News (Thai-English) Test 2 Discussion

Test 2

Translate the following into English. (20 points)

สิบล้อพุ่งชนปิกอัพ ดับคาที่ 2 ศพ

เมื่อเวลา 22.30 น. วันที่ 29 พ.ย. เจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจจากโรงพักรังสิต จังหวัดปทุมธานี รับแจ้งเหตุรถบรรทุกพุ่งชนรถกระบะมีผู้เสียชีวิต จึงรุดตรวจสอบพร้อมแพทย์

ที่เกิดเหตุพบรถกระบะ ยี่ห้อโตโยต้า สีบรอนซ์ สภาพพังยับเยิน ภายในมีผู้เสียชีวิต 1 ราย คือ นายบุญเทียม คำทวี อายุ 32 ปี ห่างจากที่เกิดเหตุไป 15 เมตรยังพบศพนายธเนตร คำทวี อายุ 19 ปี ซึ่งตำรวจสันนิษฐานว่าตายคาที่เนื่องจากสภาพศพคอและแขนขาหัก

จากการสอบสวนทราบว่าก่อนเกิดเหตุ รถกระบะโตโยต้ามุ่งหน้าเข้ารังสิต โดยพยายามแซงรถเก๋งคันหนึ่งที่ไม่มีเลขทะเบียนแต่ไม่ทัน จึงประสานงากับรถบรรทุกสิบล้อคันหนึ่งที่วิ่งมาด้วยความเร็วสูง ทำให้มีผู้เสียชีวิตดังกล่าว ส่วนคนขับรถบรรทุกหลบหนีไป

Translation 1

2 dead in 10-wheeler collision with pickup

Rangsit Station Police in Pathum Thani Province along with medics rushed to investigate a crash scene after a report at 10:30 p.m. on November 29 indicating that a truck had hit a pickup and that there were casualties.

A silver Toyota pick-up was found, severely damaged, at the scene with one dead man inside identified as Boontiam Kamtawee, 32. Fifteen meters from the scene, another victim, Tanet Kamtawee, 19, was found dead, presumably immediately, since the body was found with a broken neck, arms and legs.

Interrogation revealed that before the accident the Toyota pickup, heading into Rangsit, tried and failed to overtake a sedan that had no license plate on it, resulting in a head-on collision with a ten-wheeler approaching at high speed and causing the two deaths. The truck driver fled the scene.

Translation 2

Reference

จังหวัดปทุมธานี – Pathum Thani (Royal Institute)
ชื่อจังหวัด เขต อำเภอ (pdf file; Directory of Thai province, districts, and subdistrict names in English from the Royal Institute)
Toyota color

Discussion

headline

10-wheeler hits pickup, 2 dead
10-wheeler–pickup collision leaves 2 dead
10-wheeler crash into pickup leaves 2 dead

investigate

inquiry
interrogation

Vocabulary

collide, collision

smash

crash

head-on collision
rear-end crash
- rear-end (v.)
  
  Ex. His car rear-ended a truck.

10-wheel truck

ten-wheeler

lorry

pickup (Merriam-Webster)

1: one that is picked up: as a: a hitchhiker who is given a ride b: a temporary chance acquaintance c: a player acquired from another team

2: the act or process of picking up: as a: a revival of business activity b: acceleration c: the act or technique of making the acquaintance of a previously unknown person especially for amorous purposes

3: the conversion of mechanical movements into electrical impulses in the reproduction of sound ; also : a device (as on a phonograph) for making such conversion

4 a: the reception of sound or an image into a radio or television transmitting apparatus for conversion into electrical signals b: a device (as a microphone or a television camera) for converting sound or the image of a scene into electrical signals

5: a light truck having an enclosed cab and an open body with low sides and tailgate—called also pickup truck

6: a pickup game <playing pickup>

medic (n.) one engaged in medical work or study; especially : corpsman (Merriam-Webster)

paramedic (n.) (Merriam-Webster)

1: a person who works in a health field in an auxiliary capacity to a physician (as by giving injections and taking X-rays)

2: a specially trained medical technician licensed to provide a wide range of emergency services (as defibrillation and the intravenous administration of drugs) before or during transportation to a hospital — compare EMT

casualty (n.) (Merriam-Webster)

1 archaic: chance , fortune <losses that befall them by mere casualty — Sir Walter Raleigh>

2: serious or fatal accident : disaster

3 a: a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action b: a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed : victim <the ex-senator was a casualty of the last election>

bronze (Merriam-Webster)

1 a: an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements b: any of various copper-base alloys with little or no tin

2: a sculpture or artifact of bronze

3: a moderate yellowish brown

4: a bronze medal awarded as the third prize in a competition

silver (Merriam-Webster)

1: a white ductile very malleable metallic element that is capable of a high degree of polish, is chiefly monovalent in compounds, and has the highest thermal and electric conductivity of any substance — see element table

2: silver as a commodity <the value of silver has risen>

3: coin made of silver

4: articles (as hollowware or table flatware) made of or plated with silver; also: similar articles and especially flatware of other metals (as stainless steel)

5: a nearly neutral slightly brownish medium gray

6: coho

7: a silver medal awarded as the second prize in a competition

on the spot (Merriam-Webster)

1: at once: immediately

2: at the place of action

3 a: in a responsible or accountable position b: in a difficult or trying situation

Ex. He was pronounced dead on the spot. (New York Times)

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