Computer-aided tool for the teaching of relational algebra in data base courses

This article describes the design and implementation of computer-aided tool called Relational Algebra Translator (RAT) in data base courses, for the teaching of relational algebra. There was a problem when introducing the relational algebra topic in the course EIF 211 Design and Implementation of Databases, which belongs to the career of Engineering in Information Systems of the National University of Costa Rica, because students attending this course were lacking profound mathematical knowledge, which led to a learning problem, being this an important subject to understand what the data bases search and request do RAT comes along to enhance the teaching-learning process.It introduces the architectural and design principles required for its implementation, such as: the language symbol table, the gramatical rules and the basic algorithms that RAT uses to translate from relational algebra to SQL language. This tool has been used for one periods and has demonstrated to be effective in the learning-teaching process.  This urged investigators to publish it in the web site: www.slinfo.una.ac.cr in order for this tool to be used in other university courses.

La traducción de criptogramas y poemas El Código Da Vinci, de Dan Brown

Se desarrolla un análisis comparativo entre los criptogramas y poemas originales de la novela de Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, y su correspondiente traducción al español, realizada por Juanjo Estrella. El trabajo de contraste analiza la traducción de cada uno de los casos y evalúa la labor del traductor, motivando a la vez a que los lectores sean más críticos en su práctica literaria.A comparative analysis is developed here between the original cryptograms and poems found in Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code, and its Spanish counterpart translated by Juanjo Estrella. This analysis focuses on the translation of each of the cases and the work done by the translator, thus encouraging readers to become more critical in their readings.

Mamita Yunai: una traducción al húngaro

En este artÍCulo se analiza la traducción de un texto literario costarricense al húngaro como una instancia de metatexto que utiliza determinados rasgos de la percepción cultural e ideológica del público meta sobre lo latinoamericano, con el fin de lograr el acercamiento o identificación del lector con una cultura muy diferente a la suya. Se argumenta que este rediseño del texto sigue un patrón consecuente y, lejos de ser un irrespeto al autor, constituye la esencia misma de la traducción.In this brief study, the translation into Hungarian of a Costa Rican literary text is analyzed as a metatext that makes use of certain features of the target culture's view of Latin America (both in terms of culture and ideology) to bring the reader nearer to a very different reality. We argue that the translator's decisions fit into a systematic design which by no means should be considered unfaithfulness but rather the very essence of translation.