TEXAS CALLED ON GERRYMANDERING
My hometown of Austin is known as a bastion of liberalism in a decidedly conservative state. We take pride in our tolerance, our concern for the environment and support for progressive causes, and our diversity. But in 2011 the Republican-controlled...
TEXAS CALLED ON GERRYMANDERING
My hometown of Austin is known as a bastion of liberalism in a decidedly conservative state. We take pride in our tolerance, our concern for the environment and support for progressive causes, and our diversity. But in 2011 the Republican-controlled...
50th ANNIVERSARY OF UT TOWER SHOOTING
As the 50-year anniversary of the UT Tower shooting approaches on August 1, 2016, Bruton Translations was contacted by a relative of Ramiro Martínez, one of the Austin police officers credited with killing the gunman, to translate some corridos written...
GOOD NEWS FOR SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia recently passed measures to restrict the power of the country's dreaded religious police, or mutawaa. These officials, identifiable by their piously untrimmed beards and thobes cut just above the ankle, are the bane of Saudi women who dare...
PRESIDENT OBAMA TO VISIT CUBA!
President Barack Obama will visit Cuba on March 21, the first sitting American president to travel to the island in 88 years! This is a win-win for both countries, which have historically been so close and have so much to...
SILVIO RODRIGUEZ IN TRANSLATION: «OJALÁ»
For those unfamiliar with the music of Silvio Rodriguez, a renowned Cuban singer-songwriter and one of the founders of the Nueva Trova movement, I herewith include a translation of one of his best known songs, "Ojalá": Bruton Translations on facebook...
BRUTON TRANSLATIONS CONTINUES TO GROW
Bruton Translations continues to expand our client base in Central Texas. We are now under contract to provide interpreting services to the Texas School for the Blind in Austin. Bruton Translations on facebook
SILVIO IN TRANSLATION: ÓLEO DE UNA MUJER CON SOMBRERO
Another translation of one of Silvio Rodriguez's most famous songs, with a video of the artist performing it filmed by Swedish television in 1976: https://www.facebook.com/cbbruton/
Bruton Translations lands new contract
Bruton Translations is now providing interpretation services to Vibra Rehabilitation Hospital of Lake Travis, in Lakeway, Texas. Bruton Translations on facebook