Feb 5, 2000 10:18
24 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Berni
"ex-novo"
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
The translation so far would go "He responds to nature with an ex-novo construction within a vacuum that the artist then organizes in..."
Yes, folks... it's a wonderfully pretentious critical review of an artist's work. But what exactly does "ex-novo" mean. I may want to use an alternative expression.
Yes, folks... it's a wonderfully pretentious critical review of an artist's work. But what exactly does "ex-novo" mean. I may want to use an alternative expression.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 0 | "ex novo" |
Dyran Altenburg (X)
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| 0 | ex-novo |
Erika Lundgren
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| 0 | ex -novo is a "latinismo" |
Alexandro Padres Jimenez
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| 0 | "ex novo" |
Antonio Castillo González
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| 0 | Neo |
john rock
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| 0 | novel |
Heathcliff
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Proposed translations
1 hr
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"ex novo"
The phrase is widely used in Spanish in legal and art contexts.
I woud use it between quotation marks, and without the dash, though.
From Latin:
ex : (= e ) (prep. + abl.) out of, from within, from / on account of.
novo : to make anew, refresh, revive, change, alter, invent.
I woud use it between quotation marks, and without the dash, though.
From Latin:
ex : (= e ) (prep. + abl.) out of, from within, from / on account of.
novo : to make anew, refresh, revive, change, alter, invent.
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47 mins
Erika Lundgren
Translation and project management
Native in: Swedish 
Works in: Spanish to Swedish, English to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, and 2 more.
ex-novo
I cannot say that I am an art expert, but novo is latin for new, and using "ex" this way cannot mean anything else then former, or something that is no longer.Using latin in is as common in spanish as in english, and I wouldnt translate it.
I agree on the pretentiousness of the text.
I agree on the pretentiousness of the text.
59 mins
Alexandro Padres Jimenez
Professional, Efficient, Inexpensive
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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ex -novo is a "latinismo"
meaning "de nuevo" or "nuevamente". But, these terms are usually not translated and left as they are in the source text.
Good luck!
Good luck!
2 hrs
Antonio Castillo González
Native in Spanish
Best on the Legal Aspects of Business
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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321
"ex novo"
Yes, "ex novo" is sometimes used in Spanish (not very often anyway) meaning something new or original or completely anew (please don't put "de nuevo" as it could be taken as "again"). It may also refer to a creation (where there was nothing before). If I were you I would leave it in Latin, but if you want to translate it you could also use: "sin precedentes". This is only an opinion, of course, but it may help.
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Heathcliff
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Law, medicine, technology: prompt & pro
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
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843
novel
. . . as in, "he responds to nature with a novel construction . . ." (doing our bit to keep the pretension ratio down to a manageable quantum, so to speak).
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