Jocelyn Villalobos Sumano

Writing 2 

Professor Mario Tumen

December 1, 2022

Something is Wrong

          As I sit at my desk writing this essay, thinking about why I choose the topic of human trafficking,

the process of putting everything together, and why a podcast. But, when you think about it, a podcast is

something that people can simply just put on either Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and various other

applications while doing chores, going on a walk, etc. And, as an avid podcast listener I couldn’t find

many podcasts that were about human trafficking and if they do it usually talks about a person who was

human trafficked but didn’t survive. So, I wanted to create a podcast where I could talk about the signs

that people can look out for to help someone who might be a victim of human trafficking because I feel

like not many people know the signs that people can look out for if someone is being human trafficked. 

In the end, the academic article that I choose for my translation is, “The Role of the Nurse in Combatting

Human Trafficking” by Donna Sabella. My podcast is the perfect translation for the genre of human

trafficking compared to reading an academic article, but it is still important to analyze the actual academic

article and the difference between my translation to the articles.

            As for the audience aspect of it, the academic article’s audience is meant more for medical

professionals like nurses and doctors since it is published by a journal for nurses. While my podcast’s

audience is targeted for the general public to learn more about human trafficking. The academic article

audience is targeted for nurses, so it’s more likely for nurses to come across it because they need to know

these things to be able to catch the warning signs of someone being trafficked. But, what about the

general public, shouldn’t they also know about these things? Even though the article is accessible for the

general public, someone must really scavenge the internet to find this article. And on the other hand, my

podcast is easily accessible and can be listened to anywhere, because nowadays everyone is listening to

podcasts whether it’s true crime, comedy, etc., which would mean that more people would be interested
in listening to a podcast about human trafficking compared to reading an article about it. The podcast is

also more helpful because someone with dyslexia and ADHD they might want to learn about human

trafficking but it’s harder for them to read things. But when it comes to the audience's pathos both the

article and my podcast do a good job because the article shows two pictures and goes into detail about

stories and injuries of a trafficking victim. While I’m telling the story I try to use my emotions, lower my

voice, and make my voice higher to emphasize certain ways to tell the story and facts that allows the

audience to create a picture about these things. Which is why my podcast translation is an excellent

example for human trafficking because people can put it on their phone, I tell them the information and

now they have the knowledge. Compared to having to sit, look for the article, and then read it. 

The podcast does have a couple of the facts from the article, has the main aspects of the article,

and is shorter. The article's use of various statistics, definitions, stories, and facts makes the article a very

credible source to read if someone really wants the full picture about human trafficking. But both the

article and podcast tap into the logos and ethos of the audience because it allows them to really think

about the information that they just learned as well as think of the credibility of the speaker or the author.

By using facts like, “Although precise numbers are impossible to determine, it’s estimated that 600,000

and 800,000 adults and children worldwide are trafficked across international borders…” and “Sex

trafficking is defined are the law as “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of

a person for the purpose …” By using these exact words, sounding very professional, being written by

someone who has a PhD, the article proves its credibility and then at the end of the article it has a work

cited page. While with the podcast it’s a bit harder to prove my credibility, even though there are some of

the facts from the article it didn’t directly say the article or website I used, I am a college student, and

someone could easily say that what I’m saying is wrong or am giving misleading information. 

The translation that the article provided was beautifully done because the way that they framed

everything was done in a way that would grab anybody's attention. They first started off by telling the

story that I told in my podcast, what human trafficking is, where it can happen, the trafficking hotline,

who get trafficked, what the government does, nurses, experience, common health problems, and lastly
the signs. While for my podcast I gave a introduction to who I am, disclaimer, told the story from the

article, what human trafficking is, who gets trafficked, where it can happen, went into the signs of

trafficking, and then I gave the hotline number. When creating my podcast my biggest inspiration was

from the podcast, “Solved Murders: True Crime Mysteries”, the major thing that I took from the podcast

was the intro aspect it by adding the disclaimer, type of music, and introducing myself. I also took a lot of

inspiration from the article because my outline for the podcast is a bit like the articles outline but I just put

the main points that would be most important that the general public to know when it comes to human

trafficking. Even though the outline a bit similar I did change the order of it because for the podcast I

think that the most important thing was to keep the story and give the hotline at the end to catch the

reader's attention and then leave them with the number for the hotline at the end that way they could have

number fresh in their minds reminding them it’s important. But one thing that did have me worried while

doing the podcast was that my voice was clear enough and that the music wasn’t too loud that they

wouldn’t be able to hear me but, in the end, I think I was able to successfully execute it.  

In conclusion, I think that the article and podcast both give great information about human

trafficking, but I do think that the podcast is a better translation for the topic of human trafficking because

if it’s available on podcasts more people would be open to knowing more about what human trafficking is

and what can be done.

 Bibliography
Sabella, Donna. “The Role of the Nurse in Combating Human Trafficking.” The American Journal of

Nursing, vol. 111, no. 2, 2011, pp. 28–39. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23046699.

Accessed 18 Oct. 2022.

Carter and Wenndy Roy. “Solved Murders: True Crime Mysteries.” Podcast on Spotify