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"la prensa mediocre y malsana"

English translation: gutter press

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Spanish term or phrase:"la prensa mediocre y malsana"
English translation:gutter press

20:07 May 31, 2015
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-06-03 21:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Spanish term or phrase: "la prensa mediocre y malsana"
Nadie, ni sus más grandes críticos, rechazarían la invitación a integrar la delegación presidencial norteamericana que haría la primera visita oficial a Cuba.

Por supuesto que esto provocaría una gran alharaca en algunos círculos de extremistas de Miami. Aunque es de suponer también que la prensa mediocre y malsana, reducida a un ejercicio de resentimiento desde el 17 de diciembre del 2014, tendría que guardar ciertas formas ante el despliegue de la poderosa voluntad presidencial, ahora representada en Barack Obama. La misma Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, que tanto blasfema en Miami contra la normalización de relaciones entre Cuba y Estados Unidos, no tendría otro remedio que moderar sus declaraciones y darle el trabajo sucio a Carlos Curbelo; como antes hacía con David Rivera, a quien comprometía con los más grandes disparates anticubanos, solo con el fin de que ella luciera más o menos decente en el Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Congreso.

This is from an article from the online news source Cubasí.
India Prout (X)
United States
Local time: 09:06
gutter press
Explanation:
In English we use a single adjective to cover both mediocre and malsana (and a lot more besides...): gutter press.

the gutter press - Cambridge Dictionary
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/the-gutter-press
5 days ago - the gutter press - definition, meaning, audio pronunciation, synonyms and more. What is the gutter press? the type of newspapers that pay more ...
gutter press - definition of gutter press by The Free Dictionary
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Translations of gutter press. gutter press synonyms, gutter press antonyms. Information about gutter press in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia.
Tabloid journalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_journalism
... the style is tabloid. The terms tabloids, supermarket tabloids, gutter press and rag refer to the journalistic approach of such newspapers rather than their size.
‎Junk food news - ‎Gossip magazine - ‎Globe - ‎Category:Tabloid journalism
the gutter press - Macmillan Dictionary
www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/the-gutter-p...
Define the gutter press and get synonyms. What is the gutter press? the gutter press meaning, pronunciation and more by Macmillan Dictionary.
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 09:06
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8gutter press
Jennifer Levey
4the mediocre and unwholesome press
Simon Bruni
3mediocre, obnoxious-sounding press
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3the amateurish and ill-intentioned press
Jacob Z. (X)


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the mediocre and unwholesome press


Explanation:
Or you could switch "unwholesome" for something like "sordid" or "depraved"

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 180
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
mediocre, obnoxious-sounding press


Explanation:
Otra opción.

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Note added at 11 mins (2015-05-31 20:19:24 GMT)
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"obnoxious tone to the words"

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Note added at 12 mins (2015-05-31 20:20:06 GMT)
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To express rensentment.

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Note added at 12 mins (2015-05-31 20:20:40 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant "resentment".

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 09:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: why obnoxious "sounding"? Either this section of the press is simply obnoxious or it isn't...
52 mins
  -> Obnoxius-sounding through the written words or exercise of the journalists. Of course!
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
la prensa mediocre y malsana
gutter press


Explanation:
In English we use a single adjective to cover both mediocre and malsana (and a lot more besides...): gutter press.

the gutter press - Cambridge Dictionary
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/the-gutter-press
5 days ago - the gutter press - definition, meaning, audio pronunciation, synonyms and more. What is the gutter press? the type of newspapers that pay more ...
gutter press - definition of gutter press by The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com/gutter press
Translations of gutter press. gutter press synonyms, gutter press antonyms. Information about gutter press in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia.
Tabloid journalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_journalism
... the style is tabloid. The terms tabloids, supermarket tabloids, gutter press and rag refer to the journalistic approach of such newspapers rather than their size.
‎Junk food news - ‎Gossip magazine - ‎Globe - ‎Category:Tabloid journalism
the gutter press - Macmillan Dictionary
www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/the-gutter-p...
Define the gutter press and get synonyms. What is the gutter press? the gutter press meaning, pronunciation and more by Macmillan Dictionary.

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 09:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 78
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Not exactly the same thing, perhaps, but close enough and much more natural than anything more literal.
9 mins
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
12 mins
agree  philgoddard: Good idea.
19 mins
agree  AllegroTrans: certainly the term that works for GB - for US colleagues to comment whether it works for N. America
31 mins
agree  Andy Watkinson
4 hrs
agree  Karen Dinicola: "Tabloids" for US. We don't say "gutter press," but we would understand it anyway.
4 hrs
agree  neilmac: Where they belong...
12 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
1 day 55 mins
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the amateurish and ill-intentioned press


Explanation:
It's not likely I will end up with any points for this since "gutter press" already has 8 agrees.

However, I think this suggestion sounds good and is a more literal translation, so if you want a more verbose option with that little extra sting that only big words can sometimes provide, you could consider this one.

I think amateurish works well for mediocre, and see:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ill-intentioned

Jacob Z. (X)
United States
Local time: 06:06
Native speaker of: English
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