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New York Times
1 Nov 2024
Terence McGinley


NextImg:Sprinting to Election Day, in Spanish

Election Day is four days away. Every day of the countdown, Inside The Times will share an article about how our election coverage works. Today, a journalist shares how The Times translates its political coverage into Spanish.

In a widening sea of election misinformation, journalists from The New York Times must provide accurate and up-to-date information on the candidates — in more than one language.

Elda Cantú, a senior editor on the International desk, leads a team of three editors and about a dozen freelance translators who translate select articles into Spanish for readers. There are more than 41 million Spanish speakers in the United States, and her team wants to make sure they are getting as much news as possible.

Every day, Ms. Cantú, who is based in Mexico City, and her team review the articles The Times publishes and translates around a dozen of them — sometimes more. As Election Day nears, translations of political articles have come to represent about one-third of the team’s daily output.

“We think that people who speak Spanish deserve the full experience of The New York Times,” Ms. Cantú said.

Articles in Spanish can be found on a Spanish version of The Times’s home screen and in an email newsletter, El Times. In May, The Times launched a New York Times en Español channel on the messaging platform WhatsApp — a popular communication tool in many parts of Latin America — where Spanish-speaking users can find translated articles. And on Election Day, the team will provide live coverage in Spanish.


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