The New York Times en Español: An Experiment is Putting Times Stories in Front of Spanish-Speaking Readers

By: Justin Ellis | NiemanLab

No matter what language you read, it’s clear A.O. Scott had some problems with Fifty Shades of Grey. (“Mr. Dornan has the bland affect of a model, by which I mean a figure made of balsa wood or Lego.”) The movie review from the New York Times film critic is now available in Spanish — one of a handful of stories the paper is now translating on most days. (“Dornan tiene la insípida afectación de un modelo, con lo que quiero decir una figura hecha de madera balsa o de legos.”)