Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
deformaciones de personajes,
English translation:
distorsion of human figures
Added to glossary by
Leonardo Lamarche
Sep 18, 2010 15:25
13 yrs ago
Spanish term
20yrs experience. Style & fluidity.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
deformaciones de personajes,
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
A X le encanta la espontaneidad y la fuerza o la delicadeza de dibujos que parecen simples pero en los que con cuatro manchas se ha conseguido dibujar una cara, un espacio y, además, transmitir ternura, odio… También le fascinan los mundos irreales y las deformaciones de personajes, sobretodo cuando estas son a la vez delicadas y tiernas.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | distorsion of human figures |
Leonardo Lamarche
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| 4 | warping of characters |
David Bolick
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| 3 | distortions of figures |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 3 | distorted characters |
Mercedes Rizzuti
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Oct 15, 2010 14:23: Leonardo Lamarche Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Venezuela
Native in Spanish
Venezuela
Leonardo Lamarche Translator
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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distorsion of human figures
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6 mins
distortions of figures
An idea, although he might be referring to specific "characters". Without more to go on it's difficult to know.
7 mins
distorted characters
A character whose appearance or shape has been changed for a purpose.
58 mins
David Bolick
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
I say what you mean
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
warping of characters
Although synonymous with "distort", "warp" differs slightly in nuance and in the figurative sense seems to maintain more continuity with the original than "distort", closer to the kind of transformation someone's face or entire body undergoes when it is caricatured or given an impressionistic rendition.
Example sentence:
"...in those for ever exiled waters, I had lost the miserable warping memories of traditions and of towns." Melville
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