Glossary entry (derived from question below)
español term or phrase:
"La retícula de un tapiz fotográfico de las primeras imágenes"
inglés translation:
An intricate tapestry of the first photographic images
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Jenni Lukac (X)
Apr 10, 2011 16:07
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español term
"La retícula de un tapiz fotográfico de las primeras imágenes"
español al inglés
Arte/Literatura
Fotografía/Imagen (y artes gráficas)
article on the history of photography
It's the title of a section in an article about the history of photography (Spain). Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
(inglés)
| 3 | An intricate tapestry of the first photographic images |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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Apr 11, 2011 18:55: Jenni Lukac (X) Created KOG entry
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An intricate tapestry of the first photographic images
It would really be necessary to see the text to decide how to translate this correctly, but I offer this idea and give the sources of my ideas below.
The intricacy of a photographic tapestry of the first images is too clumsy, so to put the sentence into shape, I've assumed that the first images mentioned are the first photographic images (at least the first Spanish photographic images). I played with screen and even though that "reticula" might refer to the images being half-tones, but I ruled that out when you mentioned that the reticula is repeated as a metaphor to describe someone's biography later on. source for "intricate: re•tic•u•lar (r -t k y -l r). adj. 1. Resembling a net in form; netlike: reticular tissue. 2. Marked by complexity; intricate. ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/reticular . Hope that this at least sets you on the right trail!
The intricacy of a photographic tapestry of the first images is too clumsy, so to put the sentence into shape, I've assumed that the first images mentioned are the first photographic images (at least the first Spanish photographic images). I played with screen and even though that "reticula" might refer to the images being half-tones, but I ruled that out when you mentioned that the reticula is repeated as a metaphor to describe someone's biography later on. source for "intricate: re•tic•u•lar (r -t k y -l r). adj. 1. Resembling a net in form; netlike: reticular tissue. 2. Marked by complexity; intricate. ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/reticular . Hope that this at least sets you on the right trail!
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Comment: "Thanks so much for your input Jenni, it was very helpful."
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