shelving

Spanish translation: inclinado, pendiente

20:22 Aug 14, 2020
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
English term or phrase: shelving
Context:

Esta hablando del otoño...

"...the squirrel was leaping nimbly and chattering gaily among the fiery tops of the oaks or the dun foliage of the hickory, that shot up its shelving trunk and spread its forked branches far over the smooth, moss-spotted boles of the beeches, and the limber boughs of the elms."

From a short story by Alice Carey, US author, 19th century prose.

... el nogal que disparaba su [shelving] tronco y esparcía sus ramas bifurcadas muy por encima de...
Yini
United States
Local time: 07:03
Spanish translation:inclinado, pendiente
Explanation:
It has the same meaning as "sloping". You must see it as if the trunk had shelves (metaphorically)
It meant "sloping surface" in the 18th/19th centuries
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FERNANDO ASENSIO (X)
Spain
Local time: 12:03
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1inclinado, pendiente
FERNANDO ASENSIO (X)
4[el nogal que] proyectaba su tronco hacia lo alto
Oliver Romero
4(tronco) escarpado
Tigranuhi Khachatryan
4ahusado; escarpado
Arí Bartra


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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
inclinado, pendiente


Explanation:
It has the same meaning as "sloping". You must see it as if the trunk had shelves (metaphorically)
It meant "sloping surface" in the 18th/19th centuries


    Reference: http://https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shelving
FERNANDO ASENSIO (X)
Spain
Local time: 12:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Muchas gracias.

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agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
55 mins
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[el nogal que] proyectaba su tronco hacia lo alto


Explanation:
Según el diccionario, 'shelving' quiere decir 'inclinado' (v. enlace de abajo), pero propongo cambiar un poco la frase, obviando el adjetivo pero intensificando la acción verbal. Los adjetivos nos resultan a menudo problemáticos al traducir de inglés al español, y puede ser buena idea "contrarrestar" con otros recursos, más aún en un fragmento tan descriptivo como este.

¡Suerte!


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shelving
Oliver Romero
Spain
Local time: 12:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Asker: Muchas gracias por tus sugerencias.

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(tronco) escarpado


Explanation:
Shelving _inclinado, empinado, escarpado, etc

Example sentence(s):
  • Tronco de arbol escarpado.

    https://es.dreamstime.com/foto-de-archivo-tronco-de-%C3%A1rbol-escarpado-image78262090
Tigranuhi Khachatryan
Armenia
Local time: 15:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArmenianArmenian
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Asker: Gracias, Tigranuhi

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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ahusado; escarpado


Explanation:
If we take "shelve" to mean "slope away gradually", then it is more or less synonymous with "tapered". I would therefore use some Spanish word like "ahusado" if I wanted to give a physical idea of the shape, or else "escarpado" for a more dynamic expression

Arí Bartra
Mexico
Local time: 05:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Asker: Gracias por tu contribución.

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