el juego

English translation: play (no article)

15:10 Feb 7, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Spanish term or phrase: el juego
Can anyone help oil my creaky brain for this phrase?

Así, si bien es cierto que la obra de autores bien representados en la Colección como X, Y, Z tiene que ver con un nuevo interés por lo objetual, por la sociedad de consumo y la sobreabundancia de imágenes que empezó a inundar el mundo occidental a principios de los años sesenta, también lo es que el término “pop” es muy reducido y limitado para entender a unos artistas en los que el lenguaje, el de-collage y **el juego** son elementos estructurales.

Thanks.
Lucy Williams
Spain
Local time: 22:44
English translation:play (no article)
Explanation:
I think they are referring to "play" here as a concept, and it should have no article, just as "language" does not earlier in the same sentence.

"for whom play is a structural element"
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Evans (X)
Local time: 21:44
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2play (no article)
Evans (X)
4playfulness/ludic aspect
Aradai Pardo Martínez
4the joke
Constantinos Faridis (X)
3the method
Aimee Lyons
3and the play...are...
Xenia Wong


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the method


Explanation:
See the website, I think in this context, method is the closest translation?


    Reference: http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/juegos
Aimee Lyons
Local time: 17:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in IrishIrish
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
playfulness/ludic aspect


Explanation:
Yo lo entiendo como equivalente de "lo lúdico". Si es que está hablando del trabajo de gente como Warhol.

Aradai Pardo Martínez
Mexico
Local time: 14:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
and the play...are...


Explanation:
Puede que encaje bien aquí....sugerencia.

Xenia Wong
Local time: 15:44
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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the joke


Explanation:
They find in jokes elements of incongruity between a concept and a stimulus .... The structural components of most jokes are the setting and the punchline. ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0304422X88900319figurative elements -

telling in order for children to learn important structural elements. Modelling can be of diverse sorts such as telling jokes or using figurative language, ...
www.lotsofessays.com/essay_search/figurative_elements.html

Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 23:44
Native speaker of: Greek
PRO pts in category: 4
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
play (no article)


Explanation:
I think they are referring to "play" here as a concept, and it should have no article, just as "language" does not earlier in the same sentence.

"for whom play is a structural element"

Evans (X)
Local time: 21:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 103
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julie Waddington: Absolutely definitely: the concept "play" is used frequently in discussions about (postmodern) art.
6 hrs
  -> thanks, Julie!

agree  eski: Indiscutible. Besos! eski
1 day 5 hrs
  -> muchas gracias, eski!
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