Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Ventanas al interior
English translation:
Windows looking in
Added to glossary by
James A. Walsh
Sep 17, 2012 13:41
11 yrs ago
Spanish term
Ventanas al interior
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Documentary Title
Hi all,
This is the title of a feature-length documentary about 5 political prisoners (ETA) in jail in the Basque Country. The original title is in Basque with this Spanish title in parenthesis. I'm currently using "Views from the Inside", but not sure about "views" here and would appreciate some other angles on it.
Context:
"SINOPSIS
Cinco directores retratan a cinco presos políticos vascos. Una jóven cuenta los días que faltan para que la detengan. Un hombre vuelve a la sociedad tras 17 años encarcelado. Una madre graba en 125 cintas de casette todas las conversaciones telefónicas que ha mantenido con su hija presa. Un intelectual, catedrático de periodismo, se busca a sí mismo en la soledad de la celda. Un ex-dirigente de ETA se reencuentra con un amigo íntimo de su juventud, convertido ahora en cineasta. "Ventanas al interior" son cinco historias, contadas en minúsculas, buscando la persona que se esconde tras los barrotes, tras los acontecimientos, tras los titulares."
Going into UK English. Thanks.
This is the title of a feature-length documentary about 5 political prisoners (ETA) in jail in the Basque Country. The original title is in Basque with this Spanish title in parenthesis. I'm currently using "Views from the Inside", but not sure about "views" here and would appreciate some other angles on it.
Context:
"SINOPSIS
Cinco directores retratan a cinco presos políticos vascos. Una jóven cuenta los días que faltan para que la detengan. Un hombre vuelve a la sociedad tras 17 años encarcelado. Una madre graba en 125 cintas de casette todas las conversaciones telefónicas que ha mantenido con su hija presa. Un intelectual, catedrático de periodismo, se busca a sí mismo en la soledad de la celda. Un ex-dirigente de ETA se reencuentra con un amigo íntimo de su juventud, convertido ahora en cineasta. "Ventanas al interior" son cinco historias, contadas en minúsculas, buscando la persona que se esconde tras los barrotes, tras los acontecimientos, tras los titulares."
Going into UK English. Thanks.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
6 hrs
Selected
Windows looking in
if you decide to keep to the 'windows' metaphor, this is another possibility: a similar idea is used for this exhibition, which then makes the connection with looking within people:
http://www.knowledge.ca/program/a-window-looking-in
http://www.knowledge.ca/program/a-window-looking-in
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Comment: "Thank you very much, Lucy, and everyone else for your valuable help with this. Much appreciated! :)"
21 mins
Windows on to the Inside
"Windows Overlooking the Inside"
"Inside Looks"
:)
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Espero que te ayude o que te dispare nuevas ideas.
"Inside Looks"
:)
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Espero que te ayude o que te dispare nuevas ideas.
24 mins
Looking Through the window/s
One option.
42 mins
A view inside
Just tossing my hat in the ring....
48 mins
Views to the inside
Worded in the same vein as "Views to the valley".
53 mins
Windows on life inside
Excellent discussion here. KudoZ at its best.
This suggestion is really designed as a way of keeping "windows", which is not essential but would be nice, considering that the word is explicitly mentioned in the Basque and Spanish versions, while (hopefully) keeping it reasonably idiomatic. You do talk about windows on things: windows on the world, windows on life; but "windows on the inside" is no good, because that would mean that the windows are situated inside something, and "windows onto the inside" doesn't quite do it for me. But "windows on life inside" might be a solution.
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OK, I can't quote you an instance of "windows on life inside", but "windows on life" is very common, and so is "life inside" referring to prison (though it can refer to other things, of course). Not for nothing is the UK prison information website called "Inside Information", with an online newspaper called "Inside Time":
http://www.insidetime.org/info-home.asp
This suggestion is really designed as a way of keeping "windows", which is not essential but would be nice, considering that the word is explicitly mentioned in the Basque and Spanish versions, while (hopefully) keeping it reasonably idiomatic. You do talk about windows on things: windows on the world, windows on life; but "windows on the inside" is no good, because that would mean that the windows are situated inside something, and "windows onto the inside" doesn't quite do it for me. But "windows on life inside" might be a solution.
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OK, I can't quote you an instance of "windows on life inside", but "windows on life" is very common, and so is "life inside" referring to prison (though it can refer to other things, of course). Not for nothing is the UK prison information website called "Inside Information", with an online newspaper called "Inside Time":
http://www.insidetime.org/info-home.asp
1 hr
Looking in
Seeing as there's a ring, this is my hat.
I think it's a shame not to use "windows" and also "inside", as that's a synonym for prison, but I do feel this has a documentary ring to it.
There's also a satisfying word play: apart from the literal sense of looking in to prison, to look in is to visit (informally) as the documentary makers are doing here, and to look into something is of course to investigate it.
I think it's a shame not to use "windows" and also "inside", as that's a synonym for prison, but I do feel this has a documentary ring to it.
There's also a satisfying word play: apart from the literal sense of looking in to prison, to look in is to visit (informally) as the documentary makers are doing here, and to look into something is of course to investigate it.
1 hr
inside, looking out/incacerated visions
"inside, looking out" is good because "inside" is also UK English for being in prison.
The 2nd take "incacerated visions" is if you want to go for the psychology of the thing,
but I reckon that might be too airy-fairy
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"Incarcerated", sorry, typo.
The 2nd take "incacerated visions" is if you want to go for the psychology of the thing,
but I reckon that might be too airy-fairy
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"Incarcerated", sorry, typo.
1 hr
A view from within
My 2 cents
6 hrs
Looking Within
My two cent's worth.
Not the snappiest of titles, or one that pinpoints what the documentary is about. It almost begs for a second phrase/subtitle.
Went for within because I'm assuming there's some inner reflection going on in what the prisoners say, so it covers that element along with within prison walls/bars and within the events that put them there.
Not the snappiest of titles, or one that pinpoints what the documentary is about. It almost begs for a second phrase/subtitle.
Went for within because I'm assuming there's some inner reflection going on in what the prisoners say, so it covers that element along with within prison walls/bars and within the events that put them there.
1 hr
Insider views
Insider views on our prisons and criminal justice system | Page 3
notesfromaninsider.com/page/3/Cached
22 Mar 2012 – This often happens when people are in prison or on probation but Casey manages to make it all about her. So much for the wonderful therapy ...
An Insider's Views Of Women's Prison .
news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19880814...
An Insider's Views Of Women's Prison . THEY ALWAYS CALL-US LADIES: Stories From Prison. By Jean Harris. Scribners. 276 Pages. 18.95. By JOHN ...
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Given the further context, this may be an option:
"FIVE (OUTSIDE) PERSPECTIVES ON THE INSIDE: THE INSIDE OF PRISONS, THE INSIDE OF PEOPLE, THE INSIDE OF ONESELF"
Architecture from the Outside: Essays on Virtual and Real Space ...
books.google.com › Architecture › General
To be outside allows one a fresh ***perspective on the inside.*** In these essays, philosopher Elizabeth Grosz explores the ways in which two disciplines that are ...
An Outsider's **Perspective on the Inside of*** North Korea - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l174VdXhnACached
13 Oct 2007 – InTimeTV Eye on Harvard interview of Walter Keats 'AB67 who is one of the few Americans who has been able to regularly visit North Korea.
DFWiRadio Show Hosts - DFWiRadio
dfwiradio.weebly.com/our-hosts.htmlCached
The show allows people to truly get an **outside perspective on the inside*** of someones life. Because of his persistence and open communication, Andy has ...
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Another idea:
"AN OUTSIDE LOOK AT THE INSIDE"
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Cookstown B.E. Racing pits at the 2012 Isle of Man TT | Digital Press ...
digitalpressimages.photoshelter.com/image/I0000D5UAutphL4UCached
29 May 2012 – ***An outside look at the inside*** of an Isle of Man TT race team. The paddocks around the racing world are full of similar scenes.
notesfromaninsider.com/page/3/Cached
22 Mar 2012 – This often happens when people are in prison or on probation but Casey manages to make it all about her. So much for the wonderful therapy ...
An Insider's Views Of Women's Prison .
news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19880814...
An Insider's Views Of Women's Prison . THEY ALWAYS CALL-US LADIES: Stories From Prison. By Jean Harris. Scribners. 276 Pages. 18.95. By JOHN ...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-09-17 20:19:23 GMT)
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Given the further context, this may be an option:
"FIVE (OUTSIDE) PERSPECTIVES ON THE INSIDE: THE INSIDE OF PRISONS, THE INSIDE OF PEOPLE, THE INSIDE OF ONESELF"
Architecture from the Outside: Essays on Virtual and Real Space ...
books.google.com › Architecture › General
To be outside allows one a fresh ***perspective on the inside.*** In these essays, philosopher Elizabeth Grosz explores the ways in which two disciplines that are ...
An Outsider's **Perspective on the Inside of*** North Korea - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l174VdXhnACached
13 Oct 2007 – InTimeTV Eye on Harvard interview of Walter Keats 'AB67 who is one of the few Americans who has been able to regularly visit North Korea.
DFWiRadio Show Hosts - DFWiRadio
dfwiradio.weebly.com/our-hosts.htmlCached
The show allows people to truly get an **outside perspective on the inside*** of someones life. Because of his persistence and open communication, Andy has ...
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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-09-17 20:21:32 GMT)
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Another idea:
"AN OUTSIDE LOOK AT THE INSIDE"
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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-09-17 20:22:16 GMT)
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Cookstown B.E. Racing pits at the 2012 Isle of Man TT | Digital Press ...
digitalpressimages.photoshelter.com/image/I0000D5UAutphL4UCached
29 May 2012 – ***An outside look at the inside*** of an Isle of Man TT race team. The paddocks around the racing world are full of similar scenes.
6 hrs
As Seen From the Inside
another option. - Some examples:
China's Journey towards Capitalism: As Seen from the Inside. Generated documentation ». Related links ».
Election campaign as seen from the inside - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v...5...
Insider Trading, As Seen From The Inside : Planet Money : NPR
www.npr.org/.../everybody-is-a-scum... - 20 Jun 2011 – This week's New Yorker has a long article on a recent insider-trading case, and on the broader issue of prosecuting crimes in the finance ...;
China's Journey towards Capitalism: As Seen from the Inside. Generated documentation ». Related links ».
Election campaign as seen from the inside - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v...5...
Insider Trading, As Seen From The Inside : Planet Money : NPR
www.npr.org/.../everybody-is-a-scum... - 20 Jun 2011 – This week's New Yorker has a long article on a recent insider-trading case, and on the broader issue of prosecuting crimes in the finance ...;
Discussion
"¿QUÉ HEMOS APRENDIDO HASTA AHORA?
Después de hacer los documentales "Itsasoaren Alaba" [Daughter of the Sea] y "Sagarren Denbora" [Apple Season], la mirada se nos quedó congelada; no se puede estar mirando de reojo durante mucho tiempo. La tentación es una amiga cercana y no hemos podido resistirnos a ella: cárceles, presos… No sólo cuerpos; ahí dentro también hay personas, voluntades, esperanzas… y hemos iniciado el viaje en busca de todo eso. “Barrura begiratzeko leihoak” (Ventanas al interior) es el fruto de ese viaje. Cinco ventanas al interior. Al interior de las prisiones. Al interior las personas. Al interior de uno mismo."
And then it goes on to detail each of the 5 stories...
I mean people are usually on the outside of some establishment or clique, looking in.
As far as I can see it's just 5 stories from the "inside" (ie, prison)