Nov 6, 2008 22:59
16 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
servicios para autores académicos
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
lista de obra/listado de obra
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Archaeology
Mexico
The publisher I work with has, in the past, used "listado de obra" to refer to a list of "fichas técnicas" -- a list of thumbnails (placed near the end of the book) that explain the origin and other details about images that appear in the main text. Now, I've got a table of contents that reads:
[Title of last chapter]
Bibliografía
Lista de obra
Glosario
I assume that listado and lista are the same thing, but I'm not sure how to express this. OJO "List of Works" absolutely won't fly since a native speaker could misinterpret that as "reference list" or "bibliography". TIA!
[Title of last chapter]
Bibliografía
Lista de obra
Glosario
I assume that listado and lista are the same thing, but I'm not sure how to express this. OJO "List of Works" absolutely won't fly since a native speaker could misinterpret that as "reference list" or "bibliography". TIA!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | list of illustrations |
Kathryn Litherland
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| 4 | List of Plates |
Laura Allison Pomenta
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| 3 | summary |
Mónica Sauza
|
| 2 | sources |
Christine Walsh
|
| 1 | reference thumbnails |
Eloi Castellví Alonso
|
Proposed translations
3 hrs
Kathryn Litherland
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Versatile technical translator/editor
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
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list of illustrations
Unless there is a normal list of illustrations in the front matter, I would suggest calling this a list of illustrations, even though it apparently offers far more detail than you would normally find in a typical list of illustrations. The Chicago Manual of Style does note that a LoI "may include thumbnails that help readers identify illustrations."
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Kathryn. I'm a big fan of CMS, and your comment makes a lot of sense to me! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "The publisher revised the title to Catálogo de obra. I'm not sure if I'm going to use illustrations because this refers primarily to photographs. I'm leaning towards "Catalogue of Images". Thanks to everyone for your help!"
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Eloi Castellví Alonso
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Responsible. Honest. Full-time.
Native in: Catalan 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Catalan, English to Spanish, Spanish to Catalan, and 1 more.
reference thumbnails
As a native Spanish speaker, "lista de obra" sounds pretty weird to me, regarding the meaning you mentioned.
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summary
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Synonyms: abbreviated, abridged, brief, compact, concise, contracted, curtailed, epigrammatic, short, short and sweet*, succinct, summary, to the point, truncated
Synonyms: abbreviated, abridged, brief, compact, concise, contracted, curtailed, epigrammatic, short, short and sweet*, succinct, summary, to the point, truncated
13 mins
sources
Specifying what kind (photographs, photographic, illustrations, etc) possibly preceded with 'list of'
10 hrs
Laura Allison Pomenta
Spain
Spain
Works in field
Spain
nuances in culture-specific usage
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
List of Plates
Although it would seem the best option of the replies you received could be "list of illustrations" , I think this would be used more to refer to illustrations contained throughout the book, without having details about the artwork like a Ficha Técnica would. In any art catalogue or book, the art work always includes name, date, origin, donor, etc
Example sentence:
I looked it up in an egyptian exhibition art book: Plates
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