Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
imágenes siempre coloniales y tenues
English translation:
the typical drab colonial scenery
Added to glossary by
Yvonne Becker
Nov 6, 2005 15:48
18 yrs ago
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imágenes siempre coloniales y tenues
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Se trata de la descripción de una escena en un guión:
"Escena 93:
Ext. día. Edificios de tribunales modernos. Stablishing shot.
Es luminoso y moderno para contrastar con las **imágenes siempre coloniales y tenues** del país donde preside xxx."
xxx = nombre del presidente
Se muestran imágenes de un edificio moderno y luminoso en otro país, que contrasta con los edificios coloniales y la luz tenue usados para presentar el país donde se centra el desarrollo de la película.
Tengo problemas para expresar la idea en inglés. Gracias por adelantado.
"Escena 93:
Ext. día. Edificios de tribunales modernos. Stablishing shot.
Es luminoso y moderno para contrastar con las **imágenes siempre coloniales y tenues** del país donde preside xxx."
xxx = nombre del presidente
Se muestran imágenes de un edificio moderno y luminoso en otro país, que contrasta con los edificios coloniales y la luz tenue usados para presentar el país donde se centra el desarrollo de la película.
Tengo problemas para expresar la idea en inglés. Gracias por adelantado.
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Robert Forstag
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Spanish term (edited):
im�genes siempre coloniales y tenues
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the typical drab colonial scenery
...of the country where xxx rules.
"Tenue" here probably does not mean "dimly lit" or "blurry, hazy" but rather "lacking in vivid color" (in contrast to the modern images from the other country).
I also prefer "scenery" to "images" or "landscape".
Just a thought.
Suerte.
"Tenue" here probably does not mean "dimly lit" or "blurry, hazy" but rather "lacking in vivid color" (in contrast to the modern images from the other country).
I also prefer "scenery" to "images" or "landscape".
Just a thought.
Suerte.
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Cecilia Della Croce
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Spanish term (edited):
im�genes siempre coloniales y tenues
the predominant faint colonial landscape
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Spanish term (edited):
im�genes siempre coloniales y tenues
the constant, darkish images of colonialism
colonial buildings versus modern buildings
you can't say colonial images in English..images of colonial landscapes yes..
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Rachel Fell
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Spanish term (edited):
im�genes siempre coloniales y tenues
clearly colonial, yet hazy, images
sugg.
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hazy scenes of colonial life - maybe
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Note added at 2 hrs 45 mins (2005-11-06 18:33:16 GMT)
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hazy scenes of colonial life - maybe
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Spanish term (edited):
im�genes siempre coloniales y tenues
the dull colonial images
I think "dull" captures both "siempre" and "tenues."
It's not just the scenery; the whole concept is old-fashioned and unimaginative, down to little pieces of typical "business" reflected in the props, etc. So I have no problem with "colonial images" (872 references).
“**Early Colonial Images.”** Reading: Mills and Taylor, 65-77. 14. Paper Writing Workshop. 15. First Paper Due! “The Early Encomienda of the ...
www.haverford.edu/hist/courses/syllabi/209a.html
ARTIFICIAL AFRICAS: **Colonial Images in the Times of Globalization** Mayer, Ruth ...
www.africabookcentre.com/acatalog/Online_ Catalogue_Anthropology___the_Study_of_Cultures_111.html
Instead of the disheveled and somewhat degraded look of Filipinos **in later colonial images**, in these early photos ordinary Filipino street vendors all ...
digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SEAiT/Materials.html
Adams Gallery. Current Exhibit. Pilgrims Patriots & Products. Adams Gallery Explores **Colonial Images in Advertising**. Courtesy of Plimoth Plantation ...
www.suffolk.edu/adams_gallery/pilgrims.html
Decolonising the image: visual documents, art works or exhibitions that attempt to critically review **colonial images - New images, new identities**: looking ...
www.hum.uva.nl/asca/object.cfm/ objectID=38971A40-7A19-4107-A2544E0016DA8460
It's not just the scenery; the whole concept is old-fashioned and unimaginative, down to little pieces of typical "business" reflected in the props, etc. So I have no problem with "colonial images" (872 references).
“**Early Colonial Images.”** Reading: Mills and Taylor, 65-77. 14. Paper Writing Workshop. 15. First Paper Due! “The Early Encomienda of the ...
www.haverford.edu/hist/courses/syllabi/209a.html
ARTIFICIAL AFRICAS: **Colonial Images in the Times of Globalization** Mayer, Ruth ...
www.africabookcentre.com/acatalog/Online_ Catalogue_Anthropology___the_Study_of_Cultures_111.html
Instead of the disheveled and somewhat degraded look of Filipinos **in later colonial images**, in these early photos ordinary Filipino street vendors all ...
digicoll.library.wisc.edu/SEAiT/Materials.html
Adams Gallery. Current Exhibit. Pilgrims Patriots & Products. Adams Gallery Explores **Colonial Images in Advertising**. Courtesy of Plimoth Plantation ...
www.suffolk.edu/adams_gallery/pilgrims.html
Decolonising the image: visual documents, art works or exhibitions that attempt to critically review **colonial images - New images, new identities**: looking ...
www.hum.uva.nl/asca/object.cfm/ objectID=38971A40-7A19-4107-A2544E0016DA8460
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