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English translation: [suggestion for the whole sentence]

17:26 Jun 9, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Artist\'s statement
Spanish term or phrase: es una sólo aparente desacralización
Hi everyone! I'm translating a statement by artist Jordi Diez. I'm not quite sure how to phrase this in English. Thanks for your help!

Por tanto, es necesario hallar un arte religioso que responda a la necesidad interior de nuestro tiempo, fruto de la sutil evolución espiritual que continuamente sucede, y que desarrolle una estética acorde igualmente con nuestro tiempo.
Así, el ciclo estético a través de los tiempos que el arte religioso implica no se verá interrumpido, y, sobre todo, las personas de hoy se sentirán en disposición de aproximarse y experimentar en profundidad la enseñanza espiritual que el arte religioso expresa.
En una época como la nuestra, en la que vivimos lo que, según mi opinión, **es una sólo aparente desacralización**, es el deber del arte religioso dar con un lenguaje estético que rompa la indiferencia propia de una población sometida a un bombardeo continuo de imágenes, y quiebre de forma poderosa la inercia mental que suele confundirse con indiferencia espiritual.
Lindsay Spratt
France
Local time: 00:57
English translation:[suggestion for the whole sentence]
Explanation:
I think both of the previous answers have the right idea, but they don't fit with the preceding text. I suggest turning the whole thing round and saying:

In my opinion, the desacralisation of the age in which we live is purely an appearance.

As George says, secularisation is also a possibility.
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1[suggestion for the whole sentence]
philgoddard
4it is just an aparent desacralization
Hugo Rincón
4a secularization that's just apparent
George Rabel


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it is just an aparent desacralization


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desecration

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Note added at 16 mins (2014-06-09 17:42:44 GMT)
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*apparent

Hugo Rincón
Venezuela
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a secularization that's just apparent


Explanation:
That would be by version

George Rabel
Local time: 18:57
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 44
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
[suggestion for the whole sentence]


Explanation:
I think both of the previous answers have the right idea, but they don't fit with the preceding text. I suggest turning the whole thing round and saying:

In my opinion, the desacralisation of the age in which we live is purely an appearance.

As George says, secularisation is also a possibility.

philgoddard
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 112
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ben Dawlatly: I think this is the best answer, as the previous entries could cause ambiguities to arise.
8 hrs
  -> Yes, I think "just" is ambiguous. Thanks.
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