Mar 14, 2016 19:37
8 yrs ago
5 viewers *
Spanish term
Argentina
Multilingual Experts
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Canadian) 
Works in: English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish, and 12 more.
espolones de penetración
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering (general)
This is actually a metaphorical use in a text by an art critic from Argentina:
…En las batallas y posiciones de resistencia “glocales” (global/local), los artistas y sus obras deben asumir posiciones de compromiso a la manera de espolones de penetración.
I see many different translations of "espolones" (from spurs to butresses), but cannot associate any one of them with the context, of with "penetración" any more than the others.
Thanks
…En las batallas y posiciones de resistencia “glocales” (global/local), los artistas y sus obras deben asumir posiciones de compromiso a la manera de espolones de penetración.
I see many different translations of "espolones" (from spurs to butresses), but cannot associate any one of them with the context, of with "penetración" any more than the others.
Thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | spear(-)head |
Jennifer Levey
|
| 3 +1 | battering rams |
Robert Carter
|
| 3 | penetrating wedge |
JoLuGo
|
Proposed translations
+1
3 hrs
Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
170
Selected
spear(-)head
Something a bit more 'refined' for the art world than a messy 'battering ram', but just as effective in terms of getting a message across.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I think this works best here. Thanks"
+1
18 mins
Robert Carter
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
Translating full-time since 1998
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
48
battering rams
This could be the idea the author is trying to convey, in the sense that artists act as a kind of battering ram that open the way for social movements to take up stronger positions.
espolón, 4. m. Punta en que remata la proa de la nave.
5. m. Pieza de hierro aguda, afilada y saliente en la proa de las antiguas galeras y de algunos modernos acorazados, para embestir y echar a pique el buque enemigo.
http://dle.rae.es/?id=GdtXUir
Espolón is a naval term for a "ram" on early warships.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2016-03-14 21:49:02 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Thinking about it, this is really what the term "avant garde" refers to, i.e. an "advance guard" of pioneers making incursions into untested areas of culture, pushing back the boundaries of the status quo or what is socially or culturally acceptable.
espolón, 4. m. Punta en que remata la proa de la nave.
5. m. Pieza de hierro aguda, afilada y saliente en la proa de las antiguas galeras y de algunos modernos acorazados, para embestir y echar a pique el buque enemigo.
http://dle.rae.es/?id=GdtXUir
Espolón is a naval term for a "ram" on early warships.
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2016-03-14 21:49:02 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Thinking about it, this is really what the term "avant garde" refers to, i.e. an "advance guard" of pioneers making incursions into untested areas of culture, pushing back the boundaries of the status quo or what is socially or culturally acceptable.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
neilmac
: ... or words to that effect :)
1 hr
|
|
Yes, I think that's the idea, but you could use another metaphor to frame it differently I suppose. Thanks, Neil.
|
23 hrs
penetrating wedge
in the context of battle positions
The wedge was commonly used by attacking legionaries, - legionaries formed up in a triangle, the front 'tip' being one man and pointing toward the enemy, - this enabled small groups to be thrust well into the enemy and, when these formations expanded,...
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 23 hrs (2016-03-15 19:33:06 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
http://www.roman-empire.net/army/pics/wedge-01.jpg
The wedge was commonly used by attacking legionaries, - legionaries formed up in a triangle, the front 'tip' being one man and pointing toward the enemy, - this enabled small groups to be thrust well into the enemy and, when these formations expanded,...
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 23 hrs (2016-03-15 19:33:06 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
http://www.roman-empire.net/army/pics/wedge-01.jpg
Something went wrong...