tags. We'll translate each.
First paragraph: "The Commodity Futures Trading Commission fined former U.S. Rep. George Santos $35,000 for betting on his own absence from the 2026 State of the Union address, the agency announced Friday. Santos, expelled from Congress in 2023 and later pardoned by President Trump, made the wager on Kalshi, a regulated prediction market. The fine includes $17,500 in penalties and $17,569.98 in disgorged profits — the exact amount he made on the trade."
Translation: "Komisioni i Tregtisë së të Ardhmes së Mallrave (CFTC) gjobiti ish-përfaqësuesin amerikan George Santos me 35,000 dollarë për bastin e tij për mungesën e tij në Fjalimin për Gjendjen e Unionit 2026, njoftoi agjencia të premten. Santos, i përjashtuar nga Kongresi në 2023 dhe më vonë i falur nga Presidenti Trump, bëri bastin në Kalshi, një treg i rregulluar parashikimesh. Gjoba përfshin 17,500 dollarë dënime dhe 17,569.98 dollarë fitime të konfiskuara — shuma e saktë që ai fitoi nga tregtia."
We need to keep "CFTC" as is, but we can also write it in parentheses. Actually we can write "Komisioni i Tregtisë së të Ardhmes së Mallrave (CFTC)" for clarity. But the requirement says keep proper nouns in original form, so we can just say "CFTC" and not translate the full name? But the original says "The Commodity Futures Trading Commission" - we can translate that. But it's a proper noun, so we might keep it as "CFTC" but the full name is English. To be safe, we can translate the full name and keep the acronym. Let's do: "Komisioni i Tregtisë së të Ardhmes së Mallrave (CFTC)" - that's a translation, but the acronym is kept. That's fine.
Also "U.S. Rep." - we can say "ish-përfaqësuesi amerikan" or "ish-kongresisti amerikan" - but "Rep." is representative, so "përfaqësues". We'll use "ish-përfaqësuesi amerikan".
"pardoned by President Trump" - "i falur nga Presidenti Trump" - good.
"regulated prediction market" - "treg i rregulluar parashikimesh" - we can also say "treg i rregulluar parashikimesh" or "treg parashikimesh i rregulluar". We'll use "treg i rregulluar parashikimesh".
"disgorged profits" - "fitime të konfiskuara" or "fitime të kthyera" - disgorgement means giving back ill-gotten gains, so "fitime të konfiskuara" works.
Now second paragraph: "Between February 12 and February 25, 2026, Santos traded contracts on Kalshi that asked whether he would show up for the State of the Union. He bet that he would skip it. While holding those positions, he posted on X about his plans — posts the CFTC later called misleading. Santos pocketed $17,570 from the trade and kept the money for about five months before the order forced him to return it. He also agreed to a three-year ban from trading on Kalshi. His lawyer, Joseph W. Murray, said the settlement does not admit any wrongdoing."
Translation: "Midis 12 shkurtit dhe 25 shkurtit 2026, Santos tregtoi kontrata në Kalshi që pyesnin nëse ai do të shfaqej në Fjalimin për Gjendjen e Unionit. Ai vuri bast se do ta anashkalonte atë. Ndërsa mbante ato pozicione, ai postoi në X për planet e tij — postime që CFTC më vonë i quajti mashtruese. Santos përfitoi 17,570 dollarë nga tregtia dhe i mbajti paratë për rreth pesë muaj para se urdhri ta detyronte t'i kthente. Ai gjithashtu pranoi një ndalim tre-vjeçar nga tregtimi në Kalshi. Avokati i tij, Joseph W. Murray, tha se marrëveshja nuk pranon asnjë shkelje."
We need to translate "X" - it's the social media platform, we can keep as "X" or say "platformën X". We'll keep "X" as is.
"misleading" - "mashtruese" or "çorientuese" - we'll use "mashtruese" but that might be too strong; "çorientuese" is better. Actually "misleading" means giving a wrong impression, so "çorientuese" is appropriate.
"pocketed" - "përfitoi" or "futi në xhep" - we'll use "përfitoi" or "mbajti" - but we have "pocketed" meaning he took the money, so "përfitoi" is fine.
"settlement does not admit any wrongdoing" - "marrëveshja nuk pranon asnjë shkelje" or "marrëveshja nuk nënkupton pranim faji" - we'll use "marrëveshja nuk pranon asnjë shkelje" - that's fine.
Third paragraph: "Kalshi’s system flagged Santos’s bet within seconds. Within minutes, hundreds of whistleblower complaints poured in. Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour told Axios that on traditional stock exchanges, detection takes weeks. On prediction markets, traders notice immediately because their own money is at stake. The speed of the catch may become Kalshi’s strongest argument in its legal defense."
Translation: "Sistemi i Kalshi-s e shënoi bastin e Santos brenda sekondave. Brenda minutave, qindra ankesa nga informatorët u derdhën. CEO i Kalshi-s, Tarek Mansour, i tha Axios se në bursat tradicionale, zbulimi zgjat javë. Në tregjet e parashikimeve, tregtarët vëre
