IEREMIE OCTAVIA-ANA, FRANCISCO TOMÁS Y VALIENTE,ALZIRA-

VALENCIA

TRANSLATION AND COMPOSITION 1

(Units 1-3)

Do exercises 1 and 2, and then hand them in or send them to your Tutor for correction:

1) Translate the following sentences into English

a. Si hubiera sabido que este tema te preocupaba tanto no habría dicho tantas tonterías.
If I had known you were worried about that matter I would not have said so much nonsense.

b. Las relaciones extra-matrimoniales son a menudo usadas como argumento en contra de la

pareja en los procesos de divorcio.
Extra-marital relations are often used as an argument against the couple in the divorce
proceedings.

c. Volar con algunas compañías de bajo coste es muy económico para el bolsillo hoy en día, a
pesar de que el aumento de estos vuelos es nocivo para el medio ambiente.
Flywing with some law cost airlines is very economical for the budget today, although the
increase of the these flights is harmful to the environment.

d. Freud postulaba que el impulso sexual refrenado es el origen de todas las enfermedades
psicológicas del hombre.
Freud postulated that the sexual impulse restrained is the origin of all psychological illness of
man.

e. Los gobiernos del primer mundo deberían mostrar un gran respecto por las organizaciones
humanitarias.
First World gobernments should show great respect for humanitarian organizations.

f. Acabo de leer un artículo que tiene que ver con la rabia acumulada en el niño que no es
debidamente atendido por sus padres.
I just read an article that is about the anger of a child who is not properly cared by his parents.

2) Composition

What is your opinion about psychoanalysis? Would you lend yourself to psychoanalytic
treatment? Write an essay on this topic of about 150 words.

Psychoanalysis is a form of psychotherapy used by qualified psychotherapists to treat patients

who have a range of mild to moderate chronic life problems. It is related to a specific body of
theories about the relationships between conscious and unconscious mental processes.
To me, it's one perspective to view things from, and even if, taken by itself, can be
a bit too self-absorbed and inadequate in some cases, in others it might offer
answers to questions, or therapeutic methods, when other schools of psychology
might fail to.
If you have the time and the money, psychoanalysis can be a helpful form of psychological
treatment. If necessary I would lend myself to psychoanalytic treatment to solve my
psychological problems and to feel better.