Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Empresas taurinas

English translation:

bullfighting agencies and promoters

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-11-08 11:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Nov 4, 2011 11:15
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Spanish term

Empresas taurinas

Spanish to English Social Sciences History
"Empresas taurinas y empresarios en el siglo XIX"

Bullfighting firms/businesses and entrepreneurs/businessmen?

Proposed translations

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bullfighting agencies and promoters

My interpretation is that "empresarios" refers to a figure like you get in boxing, someone who arranges fights.
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis : I think you could well argue that they are really agencies", though that term isn't commonly used for them in English.
1 hr
Thanks Charles
agree philgoddard : Presumably the agencies represent the bullfighters and the promoters arrange the events.
1 hr
agree Laura Nagle (X)
3 hrs
agree evelyn beltrán
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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Commercial bullfighting and its entrepreneurs

One way of putting this:

There is an interesting review of a book called Death and Money in the Afternoon by Adrian Shubert on the OUP website about the commercial side of bullfighting in the 18th and 19th centuries:
“The bullfight was replete with promoters, agents, journalists, and, of course, hugely-paid bullfighters who were exploited to promote wine, cigarettes, and other products.”

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780195144123.do
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Taurine Companies

Bullfighting is by far more common, but...

Latin taurinus, from taurus bull; akin to Greek tauros bull, Middle Irish tarb
First Known Use: 1613

Cehegín - Antonio Puerta Cehegín reappear on 27 March
www.portaldecehegin.com/article.asp?id=1279889
26 Jan 2011 – Cehegín City will become the center of bullfighting in the region ... cooked bull stew for visitors to participate again taurine companies ...
Peer comment(s):

neutral Lisa McCarthy : Hi Benjamin, that reference is to a dire English translation!
20 mins
well my explanation includes the fact that bullfighting is by far... I was only commenting on the definition by Websters
disagree philgoddard : Don't know how this justifies a 5.
1 hr
oops! sorry about that. I meant a 3
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4 mins

Bullfighting companies and promoters

Possibly

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Toro Taking? ***Bullfighting Promoters** Sue Over Ban in Barcelona ...
jonathanturley.org/.../toro-taking-bullfighting-promoters-sue-over-ba...Cached
27 Sep 2011 – Last week saw the last bullfight in Barcelona, Spain. This week there is talk of a lawsuit by ***bullfighting companies** who want compensation for ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Jenni Lukac (X)
1 min
Thanks, Jenni :)
agree James A. Walsh
29 mins
Thanks, James :)
agree Charles Davis : "Companies" is the usual term, and "promoters" is spot on. Useful piece here: http://www.mundotoro.com/Temas/Tema.aspx?value=110#la_figura
1 hr
Thanks, Charles :) That's a very informative link!
agree eski
10 hrs
Thanks, Eski :)
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bullfighting impresarios

This term has a very 19th century flavour and fits well. Corporations had not come into their own, i.e .companies were not regarded as real entities. It was the boss who counted.

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Oh, now I realize the term"empresario" was in the original.Well,then make it "bullfighting impresarios and their firms"
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