[FM Discuss] book sprint in spanish

Douglas Bagnall douglas at paradise.net.nz
Thu Sep 24 17:03:20 PDT 2009


Franco Iacomella wrote:

> What about "Maratón de escritura"? or "Libros rápidos"? "Escritura de
> libros en ráfaga"?
> 
> The problem with "Maratón" is that reffers to a race, a kind of
> competence and not collaborative process.

And the first Marathon runner dropped dead at the end, which is not
quite the right image.

In English, "sprint" can refer to the kind of race that is over in 10
seconds, but in the context of "book sprint" it is associated with the
general idea of rapid progressive motion.

douglas




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