Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 9, 2007 11:43
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Ecuador
2 language couple - Scientist/Marketeer
Native in: English 
, Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Standard-Spain, Colombian, Peruvian, Chilean, Mexican, Puerto Rican) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Italian to English, and 816 more.
difuminado
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Painting & Drawing
Used as a noun within a catalogue of pencils, mainly aimed at children.
A drawing technique?
"El lápiz 123 permite la realización de tramados y líneas, creación de veladuras y transparencias, opacidades y difuminados."
A drawing technique?
"El lápiz 123 permite la realización de tramados y líneas, creación de veladuras y transparencias, opacidades y difuminados."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | feathering |
Noni Gilbert Riley
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| 4 +1 | blur |
Claudia Vera
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| 4 | Stumping |
Andy Watkinson
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| 4 | sfumatto effect |
Aïda Garcia Pons
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| 3 | smears |
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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Proposed translations
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13 mins
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
80
Selected
feathering
This is the word used in paintwork repair shops (vehicles) when a newly applied area has to be blended into another, or simply as an artistic technique.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks"
2 mins
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Accredited translators 20 yrs experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
54
smears
Suerte
57 mins
Stumping
Yes, I know it sounds weird, but this is the name of this technique.
Usually when using pencil or charcoal - a line or figure is drawn and then the artist rubs it with their fingers or a piece of rag, paper, leather to create a fuzzy effect.
Take a look at definition 7.
stump (stmp)
n.
1. The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled.
2. A part, as of a branch, limb, or tooth, remaining after the main part has been cut away, broken off, or worn down.
3.
a. stumps Informal The legs.
b. An artificial leg.
4. A short, thickset person.
5. A heavy footfall.
6. A place or an occasion used for political or campaign oratory: candidates out on the stump.
7. A short, pointed roll of leather or paper or wad of rubber for rubbing on a charcoal or pencil drawing to shade or soften it
Usually when using pencil or charcoal - a line or figure is drawn and then the artist rubs it with their fingers or a piece of rag, paper, leather to create a fuzzy effect.
Take a look at definition 7.
stump (stmp)
n.
1. The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled.
2. A part, as of a branch, limb, or tooth, remaining after the main part has been cut away, broken off, or worn down.
3.
a. stumps Informal The legs.
b. An artificial leg.
4. A short, thickset person.
5. A heavy footfall.
6. A place or an occasion used for political or campaign oratory: candidates out on the stump.
7. A short, pointed roll of leather or paper or wad of rubber for rubbing on a charcoal or pencil drawing to shade or soften it
+1
1 hr
Claudia Vera
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Argentina
EN>SP TRANSLATOR/EDITOR
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
blur
En fotografía se llama borrosidad, falta de nitidez de la imagen. Espero te sea de ayuda.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Mauricio Coitiño
: También se usa en dibujo (tanto a mano como digital). "Croatian Artists, Miroslav Sutej, Paintings- The energetic strokes of his pencil and indented blurs of Indian ink..."
14 hrs
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8 hrs
Aïda Garcia Pons
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
Works in field
United States
Translating Books since 2002
Native in: Catalan , Spanish
Works in: English to Catalan, Italian to Catalan, Spanish to Catalan, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
12
sfumatto effect
This is one you could use.
"A “smoky” style in the distance created by blurring outlines; one of the elements used by Leonardo da Vinci and later artists to portray atmospheric perspective" from www.albanyinstitute.org/resources/portraits/portraits.gloss...
Otherwise I'd go for Andy's stumping: to draw in pencil so that the line fades gradually.
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http://www.albanyinstitute.org/resources/portraits/portraits...
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Sobre Leonardo Da Vinci en español: "En la pintura perfecciona el difuminado, investiga los efectos de la luz y el color, la representación de la realidad espacial mediante la perspectiva. Prueba de sus variados intereses son sus voluminosos cuadernos de notas que están escritos al revés (por su técnica e ilustrados con dibujos explicativos«espejo») e ilustrados con dibujos explicativos"
de http://www.fundacionfuturo.cl/admin/elarte/El Arte se Acerca...
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Perdón SFUMATO, con una T y no dos.
"A “smoky” style in the distance created by blurring outlines; one of the elements used by Leonardo da Vinci and later artists to portray atmospheric perspective" from www.albanyinstitute.org/resources/portraits/portraits.gloss...
Otherwise I'd go for Andy's stumping: to draw in pencil so that the line fades gradually.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-02-09 19:58:51 GMT)
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http://www.albanyinstitute.org/resources/portraits/portraits...
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Note added at 19 hrs (2007-02-10 06:51:38 GMT)
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Sobre Leonardo Da Vinci en español: "En la pintura perfecciona el difuminado, investiga los efectos de la luz y el color, la representación de la realidad espacial mediante la perspectiva. Prueba de sus variados intereses son sus voluminosos cuadernos de notas que están escritos al revés (por su técnica e ilustrados con dibujos explicativos«espejo») e ilustrados con dibujos explicativos"
de http://www.fundacionfuturo.cl/admin/elarte/El Arte se Acerca...
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Note added at 19 hrs (2007-02-10 06:53:23 GMT)
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Perdón SFUMATO, con una T y no dos.
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