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Spanish translation: un realismo social

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English term or phrase:	socially relevant realism
Spanish translation:	un realismo social
Entered by:	teju

13:52 Mar 9, 2009

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Essay about an art exhibit

English term or phrase: socially relevant

From an essay about a painter:

Nevertheless, to say that he was just a realist artist does not fully describe the depth of the artist's work. His realism is complex and has its magical realism side, its everyday realism side and its socially relevant realism side.

As usual, I understand the concept but cannot find the right words to translate it. The painter they are referring to was a Mexican-american artist who depicted the plight of the migrant worker, among other things.

Gracias.

teju KudoZ activity Questions: 706 (none open) (14 closed without grading) Answers: 3424
Local time: 22:23

ver dentro.

Explanation:
Hola teju, yo conservaría la estructura del texto fuente que encaja perfectamente en castellano. Algo así: "Su realismo es complejo, y tiene su faceta / parte / lado de realismo mágico, su faceta / parte / lado de realismo cotidiano y su faceta / parte / lado de realismo socialmente relevante".

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Para mí es un caso claro de correspondencia perfecta entre los dos idiomas. No creo que el texto mejore nada complicándolo. En cambio, lo que yo sí haría es cortar la frase en 2 poniendo un punto después de "complejo" y suprimiendo el "y".

Selected response from:

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 06:23

Grading comment

Gracias de nuevo Bea. A veces la mejor manera de traducir las cosas es la más sencilla.
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

ver dentro.

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

4 +1

(realismo) socialmente válido

margaret caulfield

3 +2

(ver abajo)

Mónica Algazi

a tono con la realidad social; que hace al caso social

Michael Powers (PhD)

socialmente pertinente

Giuseppe Arlotta

con relevancia social

kathryn davies

realismo de integración social

Bubo Coroman (X)

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(realismo) socialmente válido

Explanation:
Just my option.

margaret caulfield
Local time: 06:23
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 17

6 mins confidence:

a tono con la realidad social; que hace al caso social

Explanation:
dos opciones de Marina Orellana, Glosario internacional del traductor

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 00:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

(ver abajo)

Explanation:
Sin embargo, limitarnos a decir que XXX fue realista no es suficiente para describir la obra del artista en toda su profundidad. Su realismo es complejo; tiene un lado mágico, un lado cotidiano y un lado social.

En lugar de "un lado", podríamos decir "una faceta". ¡Suerte!

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 01:23
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 51

10 mins confidence:

con relevancia social

Explanation:
another option :)

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realismo de relevancia social

kathryn davies
Local time: 06:23
Native speaker of: English

7 mins confidence:

realismo de integración social

Explanation:
"su realismo es complexo y engloba aspectos de magia, del día a día y de integración social"

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Note added at 45 mins (2009-03-09 14:38:07 GMT)
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otras propuestas:

"su realismo es complexo y engloba aspectos de magia, del día a día y de índole social"

""su realismo es complexo y engloba aspectos de magia, del día a día y de cuestiones sociales"

"su realismo es complexo y engloba aspectos de magia y del día a día, además de comentarios sobre la situación social"

Bubo Coroman (X)
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 108

2 hrs confidence:

socialmente pertinente

Explanation:
:)

Giuseppe Arlotta
Local time: 06:23
Native speaker of:

Italian

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

ver dentro.

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 06:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 304

Grading comment

Gracias de nuevo Bea. A veces la mejor manera de traducir las cosas es la más sencilla.

Notes to answerer

Asker: No sé como lo has hecho, pero has escrito palabra por palabra lo que tenía. Vaya sintonización.

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