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Aug 20, 2011 23:20
12 yrs ago
Spanish term
Argentina
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Canadian) 
Works in: English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish, and 12 more.
pintorequismo
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (late 1950s)
Las declaraciones de Grierson en sus días en Montevideo tal vez no escaparon de algunas “opiniones antojadizas”, “afirmaciones apresuradas” -en la visión de algún medio -, del riesgo de cierto “pintorequismo” o “exotismo”, en algún caso
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | pintoresquismo |
Denise DeVries
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| 4 +1 | quaintness |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 4 | picturesqueness |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 4 | (search for) local colour |
Altogringo
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| 3 | colourfulness / colorfulness |
Stephen D
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Proposed translations
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Denise DeVries
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
linguaphile
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
pintoresquismo
The term was misspelled in the original and should not be translated since it is an art history term.
Example: SPAN-393-60: Catalan Art History, Advanced SPAN-394-60: History & Politics ... Orientalism and 'pintoresquismo'. 4.2. Painting and painters in ...
Example: SPAN-393-60: Catalan Art History, Advanced SPAN-394-60: History & Politics ... Orientalism and 'pintoresquismo'. 4.2. Painting and painters in ...
1 hr
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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40
+1
8 hrs
quaintness
The term "quaint and exotic" is a frequently used combination that can be construed as criticism (or at least a limitation), depending on the voice. You might want to massage "quaintness" and "exoticism" into adjectives to make the syntax less tortured in English.
books.google.es/books?isbn=0547201664...
Paul Lauter, John Alberti, Mary Pat Brady - 2009 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1100 páginas
... in part because her work was read as local color fiction, which, by definition, was always seen as focused on the quaint, the exotic, or the marginal. ...
books.google.es/books?isbn=0547201664...
Paul Lauter, John Alberti, Mary Pat Brady - 2009 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1100 páginas
... in part because her work was read as local color fiction, which, by definition, was always seen as focused on the quaint, the exotic, or the marginal. ...
Peer comment(s):
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Evans (X)
: I very much agree with you about using adjectives here.
1 day 59 mins
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Cheers and thanks, Gilla.
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4 mins
colourfulness / colorfulness
Meaning: vivid, rich, or distinctive in character
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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-08-21 10:31:13 GMT)
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Other meanings:
Full of interest; lively and exciting
- a controversial and colorful character
- a colorful account of the meeting
(of a person's life or background) Involving variously disreputable activities
(of language) Vulgar or rude
- colorful words usually impolite in public meetings
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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-08-21 10:31:13 GMT)
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Other meanings:
Full of interest; lively and exciting
- a controversial and colorful character
- a colorful account of the meeting
(of a person's life or background) Involving variously disreputable activities
(of language) Vulgar or rude
- colorful words usually impolite in public meetings
21 hrs
(search for) local colour
Translating as much from context as the word.
Local colour is one way of expressing that.
It could qualify as an insult (with proper phrasing in combo w/exotic) since it appears he went to Montevideo expecting to find certain traditional (or stereotypical) elements of the "native" life there and focused on them rather than what Uruguayans actually were like.
Local colour is one way of expressing that.
It could qualify as an insult (with proper phrasing in combo w/exotic) since it appears he went to Montevideo expecting to find certain traditional (or stereotypical) elements of the "native" life there and focused on them rather than what Uruguayans actually were like.
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