masacres de corte antirracista

English translation: race-based killings/massacres

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Spanish term or phrase:masacres de corte racista
English translation:race-based killings/massacres
Entered by: Thomas Walker

00:25 Mar 21, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / current affairs
Spanish term or phrase: masacres de corte antirracista
I encountered this phrase in an opinion piece in a Cuban periodical. The piece is about gun control, contrasting New Zealand's determination to change their gun laws after the massacre at the two mosques in Christchurch, with Trump in the U.S. & Bolsonaro in Brazil working to make guns easier to get hold of in their countries.
Here's the paragraph in which the phrase is found:
"Mientras en la nación norteamericana desde hace décadas se reclaman reformas debido a la creciente violencia armada y a ***masacres de corte antirracista***, el gobierno neozelandés acordó iniciar una reforma de la ley tres días después de los atentados a dos templos islamistas de la localidad de Chirstchurch que causaron 50 muertos."
I'm having trouble making sense of this phrase; I'm especially puzzled by what "corte" means here.
All help will be greatly appreciated.
Thomas Walker
United States
Local time: 22:12
race-based killings/massacres
Explanation:
Surely the author meant "...de corte racista" not anti-racista.

de corte = de tipo/de índole

Statement From Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins ...
https://www.nysenate.gov/.../statement-senate-democratic-lea...
Nov 23, 2018 - As the last survivor of the Tulsa Race Riot, Dr. Olivia Hooker was a witness to one of the worst race-based massacres in our nation's history.
NBC's Chuck Todd Dings Donald Trump On Sunday Show | The Daily ...

https://dailycaller.com/2015/.../nbcs-chuck-todd-dings-donal...
Jun 21, 2015 - “I guess in the 21st century I didn't think we were going to have race-based massacres,” Todd began in a conversation with NYT op-ed ...

Meet the Press Transcript - June 21, 2015 - NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the.../meet-press-transcript-ju...
Jun 21, 2015 - Your reaction to all this? I mean, I guess I didn't think in the 21st century we were going to have race-based massacres. DAVID BROOKS: Yeah.

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Note added at 13 days (2019-04-03 01:19:41 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure, Tom. And yes, a lively (and useful) discussion, as it presented us with an opportunity to reflect on some issues worthy of special attention. Cheers from Vietnam :-)
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Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 19:12
Grading comment
Thanks, Marcelo.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8race-based killings/massacres
Marcelo González
3 +2white supremacist massacres
Muriel Vasconcellos
3 +1hate-related mass killings
Chema Nieto Castañón
4racial massacres
David Ronder


Discussion entries: 26





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
white supremacist massacres


Explanation:
I agree with Marcelo about "corte."

In the U.S., the expression 'white supremacist massacres' is flooding the media right now. For example:

One Of New Zealand's Darkest Days: **White Supremacist Massacres** ...
https://www.spreaker.com/user/radiosputnik/one-of-new-zealan...
5 days ago

https://www.yenisafak.com/en/.../white-supremacists-are-a-gl...
2 days ago - ... of the mosque massacre in New Zealand, there are references to the perpetrators of the **white Supremacist massacres** carried out in the U.S., ...

https://theintercept.com/2018/10/31/pittsburgh-shooting-anti...
Oct 31, 2018 - After an intolerable week of **white supremacist massacres and attempted massacres**, there is no hope that the American media will stop ...

https://twitter.com/aptly_engineerd/status/11066262209411481...
6 days ago - It's hard to imagine something like this being said by an elected official following Pittsburgh or **other recent white supremacist massacres**.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2l9XHmSM3E
5 days ago - CNN writer **connects the dots between white supremacist massacres**. Daily Kos.




Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 22:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 468

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emiliano Pantoja
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Emiliano!

agree  neilmac
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Neil!

neutral  AllegroTrans: I think "white supremacist" is an over-translation, albeit it is often the motive
11 hrs
  -> Thank you!

neutral  Robert Carter: I agree with Chris. This might be topical right now, but the author hasn't singled out this group in particular, so it's an over-translation. Saludos Muriel! //Sorry, I meant that as a neutral :-)
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, Robert!

neutral  Marcelo González: I agree with Chris and Robert. (I think over-translation is present in another suggestion as well.)
1 day 3 hrs
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hate-related mass killings


Explanation:
A pesar de que la traducción literal podría favorecerse como la más segura (race-related/race-based), el original (anti)racista creo que es utilizado en un sentido amplio, no limitado a crímenes por razón de raza sino que incluye otras motivaciones, como las religiosas, étnicas o incluso por razón de sexo (homofóbicas). Tal y como sugerido por Robert Carter en Discussion, el término racista es utilizado ocasionalmente en castellano de forma extensiva para incluir lo que en inglés se leería como hate-related. Y diría, por el contexto del artículo original, que este es el caso aquí, por lo que la traducción como race-related podría resultar limitante a pesar de su literalidad.

¡Saludos!

Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter: I trust your judgement on this interpretation, and it certainly makes more sense in English.
24 mins
  -> Muy amable, Robert ;)

neutral  Marcelo González: Hi Chema. This would appear to be another example of an over-translation, a rendering made all the more questionable perhaps due to the availability of a literal option widely used in journalism, i.e., 'race-based killings.'
2 hrs
  ->  I agree that this option is arguable (we cannot be sure what the author meant) but it is not an over-translation; racista (violencia/crímenes racistas) is actually used to refer to violence/crimes related to hate and bigotry.

neutral  AllegroTrans: Valid wording as such, but nevertheless an over-translation of the source text; it's not the translator's job to add nuances; anyway hate-related killings are not necesarily rascist in nature
7 days
  -> Thanks Allegro. That is preciselly all I'm trying to say; that the original Spanish "racista" is not necesarily referring to just "racist in nature" crimes.
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
racial massacres


Explanation:
Simply because it is a far more common term,as confirmed by Google.

David Ronder
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
race-based killings/massacres


Explanation:
Surely the author meant "...de corte racista" not anti-racista.

de corte = de tipo/de índole

Statement From Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins ...
https://www.nysenate.gov/.../statement-senate-democratic-lea...
Nov 23, 2018 - As the last survivor of the Tulsa Race Riot, Dr. Olivia Hooker was a witness to one of the worst race-based massacres in our nation's history.
NBC's Chuck Todd Dings Donald Trump On Sunday Show | The Daily ...

https://dailycaller.com/2015/.../nbcs-chuck-todd-dings-donal...
Jun 21, 2015 - “I guess in the 21st century I didn't think we were going to have race-based massacres,” Todd began in a conversation with NYT op-ed ...

Meet the Press Transcript - June 21, 2015 - NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the.../meet-press-transcript-ju...
Jun 21, 2015 - Your reaction to all this? I mean, I guess I didn't think in the 21st century we were going to have race-based massacres. DAVID BROOKS: Yeah.

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Note added at 13 days (2019-04-03 01:19:41 GMT) Post-grading
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My pleasure, Tom. And yes, a lively (and useful) discussion, as it presented us with an opportunity to reflect on some issues worthy of special attention. Cheers from Vietnam :-)

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 19:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 219
Grading comment
Thanks, Marcelo.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
15 mins
  -> Thanks, Muriel

agree  Robert Carter: Yes, "antirracista" doesn't make any sense to me either.
1 hr
  -> Yes, poor word choice. Thanks, Robert

agree  Emiliano Pantoja
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Emiliano

agree  Marylen
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marylen

agree  Marie Wilson
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marie

agree  neilmac
7 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Neil

agree  AllegroTrans
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, AllegroTrans

agree  Sara Fairen
1 day 10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sara. And I agree completely with your comments in Discussion!
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