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Querida lectora o lector,<\/p>\n

En inglés, una manera informal y un tanto jocosa de referirse indirectamente a uno mismo es “yours truly”,<\/em>cuyo origen es epistolario: en el lenguaje de las cartas, es una típica fórmula de despedida, similar al “Atentamente” hispano.<\/p>\n

Giros como ‘su servidor’ (o ‘yours truly’ en inglés) son pequeños gestos lingüísticos de humildad o modestia. Pero, como casi siempre, hay un interesante matiz de diferencia entre las dos lenguas.<\/p>\n

Se usa muchísimo, por ejemplo: “That painting was done by yours truly”<\/em> para significar, esencialmente, “Ese cuadro lo pinté yo”. “Yours truly”<\/em> significa “yo”, uno mismo, pero su verdadero equivalente es “este servidor” o sus variantes, “un servidor” y “su servidor”.<\/p>\n

Y aquí salta un sutil pero llamativa diferencia: ambas frases son gestos de modestia o humildad—evitándose así el “I”<\/em> en inglés, o “yo” en español—pero la frase hispana da otra nota: es más formal, hasta arcáica. Baste con imaginar su traducción directa: en inglés, “your servant”<\/em> daría risa.<\/p>\n

Además, mientras que en inglés se dice constantemente “I”<\/em> (¡nótese que este imperial pronombre es el única que lleva mayúscula en inglés!), el “yo” es de uso mucho menos frecuente en español. Esto en parte—pero sólo en parte—por razones gramaticales: el verbo español conjugado comunica la persona, por ejemplo, al decir “Toco la guitarra”, el “yo” se sobreentiende. En inglés, en cambio, I see, you see, we see, they see<\/em> solamente se distinguen por los pronombres.<\/p>\n

Pero cuidado: no estamos diciendo que los hispano-latinos sean todos modestos, y todos los anglos individualistas—generalización demasiado gorda. Lo que sí creemos es que esa modesta evasión del “yo” en el lenguaje diario, expresa un arraigadísimo ideal cultural del mundo hispano.<\/p>\n

Good words!<\/em><\/p>\n

Pablo<\/p>\n

Copyright 2013 por Pablo Julián Davis. Todos los derechos reservados. Este ensayo originalmente se escribió para la edición del 3 al 9 de marzo de <\/em>La Prensa Latina (Memphis, Tennessee), como parte de la columna semanal “Misterios y Enigmas de la Traducción”. Pablo Julián Davis (www.interfluency.com<\/a>) es Traductor Certificado por la ATA e Intérprete Judicial Certificado por la Suprema Corte de Tennessee.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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