Glossary entry (derived from question below)
inglés term or phrase:
Contingent
español translation:
fortuito / azaroso / accidental
inglés term
Contingent
But it would be erroneous to believe that this sense of self is a contingent component in the communication of the meaning of the term ‘insides’ when used in the novel.
| 2 +1 | fortuito / azaroso / accidental |
Antonio Escalante
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| 3 | supeditado |
Yaotl Altan
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Proposed translations
España
Games and literature specialist
Native in: español (Variants: Mexican, Standard-Spain, Venezuelan, Latin American)
Works in: inglés al español, español, italiano al español, and 2 more.
fortuito / azaroso / accidental
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Note added at 1 day 18 hrs (2019-05-12 08:35:45 GMT)
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Hola Liz.
Después de leer tu nota con contexto adicional, me parece entender (aunque sin absoluta seguridad) que lo que el texto quiere decir es que la noción del yo o del sí mismo ("self") no puede entenderse como un elemento o un componente "contingente" (o casual, accidental, inopinado, fortuito, "no esencial") en la expresión del sentido del término "insides" (tal como aparece en una novela de la que viene hablando antes), en oposición a otros elementos que sí sean esenciales para dicho término, porque el término "interior" ("insides"), en este conexto, no posee un significado "esencial", sino que sus significados son, más bien, circunstanciales, dependen de las interpretaciones, las lecturas, los contextos, y dichos significados pueden ser también comprendidos por otras culturas distintas a la ijaw, y estar presentes en ellas. Por tanto, la noción de "self" sí puede ser un elemento importante en la expresión del sentido del término "insides" en la novela.
No sé si esto te aclare algo o te sea de utilidad, pero espero que sí.
Mucha suerte.
| Subi una nota con mas contexto, no logro comprender y toda ayuda sera bienvenida! |
| Muchas gracias! Ahora sí me queda más claro!! |
| agree |
JohnMcDove
: Haría falta más contexto, pero creo que la cosa irá por ahí...
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Gracias, John. Sí, yo también creo que hace falta más contexto, o conocer lo que el texto dice antes y después de esa oración.
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México
Mexican translator proofreader +20 years
Native in: español 
, italiano
Works in: inglés al español, italiano al español, francés al español, and 5 more.
Discussion
We may make some very clear deductions from these passages about the holistic nature of self in Ijaw culture, of the notion of the ‘inside’ as that which responds to everything which is ‘other’ or ‘outside’ (and, on further reading, of the notion of the ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ as coextensive).
But it would be erroneous to believe that this sense of self is a contingent component in the communication of the meaning of the term ‘insides’ when used in the novel. This is because the word does not have some ‘essential’ meaning which is unique to Ijaw and experientially inaccessible to members of another culture; the meaning of the word is that composite of uses which emerges in any reading.