Pilar Ramírez Tello facts for kids

Pilar Ramírez Tello, born in 1976 in Granada, Spain, is a talented translator. She translates texts from English into Spanish. She works on many different types of writing, including technical guides, books, and legal documents. You might know her work best from translating the popular The Hunger Games series and the Divergent series into Spanish.

Pilar Ramírez Tello's Early Life and Education

Pilar Ramírez Tello started her journey in 1994. She went to the University of Granada in Spain. There, she studied Translation and Interpreting, which is all about changing words from one language to another.

After she finished her first degree in 1999, she wanted to learn even more. So, she moved to New York in the United States. She studied at Binghamton University and earned a Master's degree. This advanced degree focused on Comparative Literature and Translation. After finishing her studies, she decided to become a full-time translator of books.

Pilar Ramírez Tello's Career as a Translator

Pilar Ramírez Tello has translated more than 50 books! She has worked for big publishing companies like RBA, Salamandra, and Penguin Random House. Besides translating books, she also works as a freelance translator. This means she works for herself and takes on different projects. For a year and a half, she also taught Spanish at Binghamton University.

Creating "Sinsajo" for The Hunger Games

One of Pilar Ramírez Tello's most famous creations is the word "sinsajo." This word is the Spanish name for the iconic bird in The Hunger Games series. The English name for this bird is "Mockingjay." The word "sinsajo" was so important that it became the Spanish title for the last two movies in The Hunger Games saga.

Pilar has explained in interviews how she came up with "sinsajo." In the story, Mockingjays were created by accident. First, there were birds called "jabberjays." These birds were made by the Capitol to spy on rebels. They could remember and repeat whole conversations. But the rebels found out and fed the birds false information. So, the Capitol released the jabberjays, expecting them to die out.

However, the jabberjays mated with female mockingbirds. This was a surprise because no one thought they could reproduce with other birds. Their offspring were called mockingjays. In Spanish, "jabberjay" could be "charlajo," which means a bird that talks. The Spanish word for "mockingjay" is "sinsonte." Pilar combined parts of these words to create "sinsajo" for the new bird species.

Books Translated by Pilar Ramírez Tello

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