El Otro Lado (2005)
Istvan Banyai
In this Spanish version of Banyai’s picturebook, I was pleased with the witty translations and plays on words. The sign that reads “Pets” is translated as “+ cotas.” Another such quirky detail includes the sign on the coffee shop that reads “El mejor café del rumbo” (The best coffee in the world), which replaces “mundo” the Spanish word for world with a term for a route or area. This translates to "The best coffee around/ in the neighborhood."
Spanish speakers will delight in these small details of Banyai’s experience, and I can only wonder about the translations into other languages.
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