May 19, 2001 07:53
23 yrs ago
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Spanish term

guiño (not in literal sense)

Spanish to English Art/Literary
THE SENTENCE: Compuesto por ocho temas propios, uno de ellos vocal y otro versionado (un guiño futurista a la pieza de Juan Sebastián Bach "Toccata y Fuga en D Menor"), la pieza se desarrolla en una magnífica atmósfera de esamblado futurista de perfecta cohexión...

I CANNOT translate 'guiño' as 'wink' (so please don't suggest it!) as it would be totally inappropriate here. So i need ideas.

Also can someone confirm that ESAMBLADO should be ENSAMBLADO and COHEXIÓn should be COHESIÓN?

CONTEXT: Review of an electronic music band/albums.

Proposed translations

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nuances or flavor - explanation follows

Al leer la oracion, me parece que con lo de \"guiño futurista\" estan tratando de transmitir la idea de que el/los temas propios tienden a evocar la pieza de Bach \"Toccata y fuga en D menor\", pero que tienen matices futuristas. Es por este motivo que me parece que tal vez puedas traducirlo como...

\"(which are reminiscent of J.H. Bach\'s Toccata y Fuga?? in D minor but with futuristic nuances)

Otra opcion:
(which evoke J.H. Bach\'s Toccata...yet with a modern/futuristic flavor)

O puedes combinar lo que mas te guste de las dos opciones que te he dado. Definitivamente, en casos como este, es mejor traducir lo que quieren decir, y no hacerlo literalmente, pues, de hacerlo no vas a comunicar la idea del original.

Sobre lo de ensamblado, te puedo confirmar que, ni \"esamblado\" ni \"cohexion\" aparecen en el diccionario EN/ES Oxford. Estoy de acuerdo contigo de que definitivamente es ensamblado. Cohexion debe ser cohesion, que es lo que mas sentido tiene, aunque podria ser \"conexion\".

Buena Suerte.
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Out of all fairness to the 'nod' answer, which led me to the idea of 'gesture'(a gesture to soemthing), but in the end, I did what you suggested because I was limited in my possibilities for restructuring the sentence. Thanks a lo for an intelligent analysis. "
19 mins

wink, pirouette

you can use wink. Or if you want to be affected, use pirouette
Luck!
Reference:

just experience

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22 mins

quión

guión = script

I am sure they misspelled it. Plus yes you are right, it is emsamblado and cohesión
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33 mins

deference?

"paying a futuristic hint of deference to JSB's ..."?
"a futuristic whispered homage to JSB's ..."?
"a futuristic and subtle tribute to..."?
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1 hr

nod

This is more of a gut feeling than anything else, but couldn't it be "a futuristic nod to...." as used in the following examples, in a sense of acknowledgment, maybe?

A nod to tradition
American Museum of Nursing was a long time coming – and collecting

Pitofsky, however, gives a nod to the special circumstances of the high-tech sector, where dominant players rise and fall at warp speed, industry standards evolve rapidly and innovation is dependent on an open market.

Maybe it's my mental association.. " a nod and a wink"... but I think it might fit your context.

Good luck.

Reference:

Google

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1 hr

guión

I agree with Vitor, your second reply. It is most likely that it was mispelled and because of the ortographic accent and the "tilde" on the letter ñ, it would have been quite easy to mix these two.

And yes, it is ensamblado, however, cohexión and cohesión are both correct.
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3 hrs

trait / feature

It means a futuristic "trait" given to the piece, since it was given a new version.

Then: you are right it IS "ensamblado" and I would say the last word is:
"conexión" instead of "cohesión", meaning "CONNECTION" between the futuristic and classical interpretation of the piece/s.

Hope I helped you!

Saludos #:)
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3 hrs

a futuristic rendition/imitation of.....

guión-repeat, in music.

Saludos,

Bye
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