Aug 26, 2015 11:30
8 yrs ago
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español term
El retablo policromado
español al inglés
Otros
Arte, artes manuales, pintura
This is from a maths problem in a 1º ESO course book. Does this only have a religious context, or could I use something like multi-coloured panel? Or any other suggestion?
TIA
TIA
Proposed translations
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3 | polychrome panel | Adoración Bodoque Martínez |
3 +1 | Multi-coloured panel | Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales |
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polychrome panel
Although the word "retablo" has religious connotations, in your context it may not matter so much if you don't translate it literally as "altarpiece". However, I would personally use "polychrome" instead of "multi-coloured", as it looks like we are referring to a work of art, and this would not be so obvious if you used "multi-coloured".
See DRAE definitions below (I don't think entry number 3 would be relevant in this context):
http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=retablo:
1. m. Conjunto o colección de figuras pintadas o de talla, que representan en serie una historia o suceso.
2. m. Obra de arquitectura, hecha de piedra, madera u otra materia, que compone la decoración de un altar.
3. m. Pequeño escenario en que se representaba una acción valiéndose de figurillas o títeres.
See DRAE definitions below (I don't think entry number 3 would be relevant in this context):
http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=retablo:
1. m. Conjunto o colección de figuras pintadas o de talla, que representan en serie una historia o suceso.
2. m. Obra de arquitectura, hecha de piedra, madera u otra materia, que compone la decoración de un altar.
3. m. Pequeño escenario en que se representaba una acción valiéndose de figurillas o títeres.
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Multi-coloured panel
Simplest possible translation, as it's directed to 11-year-olds doing a maths problem.
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Helena Chavarria
: Though I'm sure you agree that Spanish text books are often far from simple - especially maths books.
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My kids' Spanish textbooks humbled me! Especially the English ones...Thanks!
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See context in my original posting