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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

racionalización

English translation:

to systematically appraise /classify

Added to glossary by ormiston
Aug 16, 2017 20:35
6 yrs ago
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Spanish term

racionalización

Spanish to English Other Archaeology Text from the Canary Islands
Poco a poco el centro de la obra lo ocupó el ser humano en su dimensión social, y casi siempre ubicado en un paisaje identitario en el que la flora autóctona, la arquitectura tradicional de sencillas líneas y la orografía apenas insinuada, eran los protagonistas. En este sentido cabe destacar la labor de uno de los más distinguidos miembros de la Escuela Luján Pérez, Santiago Santana, que intentó en los años de apertura de Canarias al visitante extranjero, una racionalización de los valores arquitectónicos tradicionales (Santana, 1991).

Looking up racionalizar it can apparently mean a whole host of things from rationalise to update to defend. Not sure if he is trying to defend or modernise in this context. Any help would be much appreciated.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 to systematically appraise /classify
4 Santana who tried to reorganize/rationalize
3 to reflect
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Aug 16, 2017 20:35: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Dec 7, 2017 10:50: ormiston Created KOG entry

Discussion

annitap Aug 18, 2017:
reorganize -> revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reorganize
Lorna O'Donoghue (asker) Aug 16, 2017:
Just had to look up inscrutable Head is melted!!! But thanks :-)
neilmac Aug 16, 2017:
Looks like... ... it means "defence" in this case. Although IMHO "rationalization" is pretty much inscrutable and you could get away with it too anyway :)
Lorna O'Donoghue (asker) Aug 16, 2017:
next sentence for more context El tiempo, sin embargo, vino a dar la victoria a una nueva visión idealizada de la cumbre grancanaria, bajo el poderoso influjo, como ya se apuntó, de Néstor Martín Fernández de la Torre y sus acólitos.

Proposed translations

+1
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to systematically appraise /classify

I'd say it's the idea that he attempted to "work out the logic/ story behind" the country's architecture. Hard to find the right verb as rationalise does sound odd.
Peer comment(s):
agree FeDRo
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1 hr

to reflect

traditional archictectural features

I would use this construction in English

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-08-16 22:24:24 GMT)
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this is a source text that is open to a plethora of renderings, so let's wait and see what other ideas come up
Peer comment(s):
neutral ormiston : do you mean reflect ON ? or do you deduce he is actually producing buildings?
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Santana who tried to reorganize/rationalize

Santiago Santana who tried to reorganize the traditional architectonic values in the opening years of Canarias to the foreign visitor.

Please browse the link below until you find "translations".
Note that rationalization can be also used according to the Free Dictionary and according to this example sentence:
"The LCDC's appointed parking spin-doctor, Jim Elder, wrote a My Turn column in this paper on Aug. 18, where he compares our lovely town to Seattle, Portland, Dallas and New York, as he tried to rationalize the expensive new parking garage planned for McEuen Park."

http://www.cdapress.com/archive/article-4d8ba37a-ecf9-597e-9...

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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2017-08-18 17:03:46 GMT)
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Reorganize -> revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reorganize
Reference:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rationalization

Peer comment(s):
neutral ormiston : how can he REorganize architectonic (?) values?
1 day 4 hrs
revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reorganize
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