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Fourth ProZ.com Translation Contest: "Raising children" » English to Spanish

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When my wife told me she was pregnant, I got that stomach-churning sensation that hits you on a plunging roller coaster. I was excited, yes, but... oh my God. Parenting was for, well, parents.

So here I stand, bug-eyed and sweating buckets like some poorly-drawn cartoon character, the question marks floating in the air around my head while I try to prepare myself for the complete care and responsibility of another living being besides my cat. I'm responsible for making sure this little human doesn't grow up and turn into a complete monster. If the child turns out a social moron-- my fault. If the babe can't find Luxembourg on the map, blame me for not providing a better education. They'll need therapy, and of course that will be on my head too. So many opportunities for wrong turns!

I remember the day my father sat me down and awkwardly told me about the birds and the bees; it was perhaps the most excruciating and embarrassing half hour of both our lives. I can't do that to another human being.

Maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself here. I can do this, I say; I'll be a great father. My child will be reared a well-rounded, educated, upstanding citizen of the world, and he or she won't hate me.

And then I imagine the baby, still safe within the confines of my wife's belly, suddenly opening an alarmed eye as the thought enters his or her mind: "What if my dad just can't hack it?

The winning entry has been announced in this pair.

There were 57 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase. The winning entry was determined based on finals round voting by peers.

Competition in this pair is now closed.


Entries (57 total) Expand all entries

Entry #1643
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
256 x401 x1
Entry #1238
Voting points1st2nd3rd
244 x43 x22 x1
Entry #1798
Sylvia Moren (X)
Sylvia Moren (X)
Voting points1st2nd3rd
152 x42 x23 x1
Entry #2053
Voting points1st2nd3rd
142 x43 x20
Entry #2060
Voting points1st2nd3rd
132 x42 x21 x1
Entry #1222
Voting points1st2nd3rd
101 x43 x20
Entry #1381
Henar Chico (X)
Henar Chico (X)
Estados Unidos
Voting points1st2nd3rd
102 x41 x20
Entry #1927
Carolina Fryd (X)
Carolina Fryd (X)
Argentina
Voting points1st2nd3rd
91 x42 x21 x1
Entry #1420
Voting points1st2nd3rd
92 x401 x1
Entry #1535
Voting points1st2nd3rd
803 x22 x1
Entry #1760
Voting points1st2nd3rd
81 x42 x20
Entry #2069
Voting points1st2nd3rd
702 x23 x1
Entry #2080
Voting points1st2nd3rd
71 x403 x1
Entry #1946
Voting points1st2nd3rd
51 x401 x1
Entry #2044
Voting points1st2nd3rd
51 x401 x1
Entry #1774
Voting points1st2nd3rd
2002 x1