From spanish to english?

Question

I translate this:
"Cuando se erige el pueblo, se solicita que se procure que su población se extienda hacia el puerto del mismo nombre, ya que es muy importante para la navegación y el control de esas
desoladas costas. "

As

When the town was founded, he asked that the populace give the same name to the port, since it was very important for navigation and control of those desolate coasts.

How am I doing? (This paper was written in 1998-but its very dense to read).

Answer 1

My translation is:

When the town is up, it is asked to make sure that the population is extended to the port that carries the same name, because it is very important for navegation and the control of those lonely coasts.

Answer 2

When the town is built, it is requested that an attempt be made to extend the town towards the port which has the same name, because this is very important for navigation and for controlling these isolated coasts.


There is nothing in there about the populace "giving the name." Población has lots of meanings - population, people, populace, town.

I agree that this is very dense. For example, "se solicita" would be sufficient without adding "que se procure." Also, the paragraph is written in the passive voice, in order to give an account in the "historical present." The historical present is a way to express an account of past events in the present tense to give the account more appeal. For example, we do this is jokes when we say... This guy walks into a bar..." instead of "This guy walked into a bar." We know it happened in the past, but using the present makes it more moving.

In your paragraph however, since this is truly historical information, it would be less "dense" if it was just written in the past tense.

Answer 3

When the town is built, it is requested that the population spreads out to the port of the same name, as it is very important for the navegation and the control of those desolated coasts.