Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
El cine no es un tractor, sino otra cosa que necesita otro tipo de gasolina para funcionar
English translation:
The film industry (isn't a tractor), it runs on a different type of fuel
Added to glossary by
guerita
May 17, 2006 10:37
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Lucy Russell
El cine no es un tractor, sino otra cosa que necesita otro tipo de gasolina para funcionar
Non-PRO
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
This term was used in an article concerning the concept of Cultural Exception and the power of hollywood cinema over european cinema.
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45 mins
David Russi
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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The film industry (isn't a tractor), it runs on a different type of fuel
I don't know what the reference to the tractor is about, as presented, it can probably be eliminated, uness there is some other reference in the text that requires it.
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Comment: "Thanks for your help."
4 mins
Cinema is not a tractor, but a different vehicle that works with another type of fuel
A suggestion.
Wierd metaphor!
Good luck Lucy!
Álvaro :O) :O)
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-05-17 10:42:54 GMT)
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License taken: "vehicle" for "thing".
Wierd metaphor!
Good luck Lucy!
Álvaro :O) :O)
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-05-17 10:42:54 GMT)
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License taken: "vehicle" for "thing".
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6 mins
Cinema is not a tractor, but something that requires a different type of fuel
HTH
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Note added at 8 mins (2006-05-17 10:45:33 GMT)
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Translating "para funcionar" would make it more clumsy.
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Note added at 8 mins (2006-05-17 10:45:33 GMT)
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Translating "para funcionar" would make it more clumsy.
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María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
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Thanks María!
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moken
: True! :O) :O)
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Thanks Álvaro!
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