Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
resiste cada día peor la validación de la realidad
English translation:
holds up to realistic scrutiny less and less every day
Added to glossary by
Edward Tully
Apr 18, 2006 13:28
18 yrs ago
Spanish term
resiste cada día peor la validación de la realidad
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Linguistics
Hi, I'm having trouble rendering this phrase in English as I don't think that using the words resist and validation would work in English. It's a phrase that really needs a workaround I think. Here goes the full sentence. It is the first paragraph of an article on currents comprehension needs.
"La bonita idea de los 70 de que comprender consiste sobre todo en la ejecución de un sistema cerrado de procesos cognitivos y de que éstos son universales, de modo que todos leemos esencialmente del mismo modo
- y, en consecuencia, podemos aprender a leer también con el aprendizaje de los citados procesos - ***resiste
cada día peor la validación de la realidad*** diversa y compleja de la lectura."
"La bonita idea de los 70 de que comprender consiste sobre todo en la ejecución de un sistema cerrado de procesos cognitivos y de que éstos son universales, de modo que todos leemos esencialmente del mismo modo
- y, en consecuencia, podemos aprender a leer también con el aprendizaje de los citados procesos - ***resiste
cada día peor la validación de la realidad*** diversa y compleja de la lectura."
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holds up to realistic scrutiny less and less every day
think this captures the sense - good luck!
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Note added at 17 mins (2006-04-18 13:46:10 GMT)
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or "is borne out less and less every day by reality"
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Note added at 17 mins (2006-04-18 13:46:10 GMT)
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or "is borne out less and less every day by reality"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for the answer, it fits in well. Thanks to everyone, of course, for their contributions"
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is increasingly unable to pass a reality check
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Cecilia Della Croce
: much more natural; imho, this is a much better option than the others!
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Much appreciated, Cecilia Della Croce
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becomes increasinly worse at...
each day, becomes increasinly worse at capturing the diverse and complex reality of the text
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is supported / backed up by reality less and less each day
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