Thread: La dificultad de traducir a Donald Trump

Considering the context of President Trump's slogan, I think a better translation of Make America Great Again would be "Restaurar América a la Eminencia"

I have always wonder why they refer to the US as America, when we all now that America is the continent..

It's a good question. Actually, we've discussed this before. The Americas were initially referred to as "the New World" and then "The Americas" after Amerigo Vespucci in the 1400s. There was no "United States" untill the late 1700s. I'm just guessing that since the area that was to become the U.S. had no name other than "the Colonies" it was just called America by foreigners. All the other soverign countries or colonies had names., like Canada, Mexico, and the countries of South America. Europeans just became accustomed to referring to it as America.

I think most residents of the U.S. say they're from the United States or the U.S. or that they are "American". However, people outside the U.S. still call it America. After centuries it is unlikely that it will change. For one thing, it's easier to say...jaja

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