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a una mano
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THis is a text comparing a set of drawings and a faded tapestry
Que la costura hilada pueda haberse dado a una mano como se da el dibujo, a una mano, a mano, manualmente, no es coincidencia. Dibujar y tejer con las manos, sensibles, del cuerpo. De hecho, se podría decir, ver con las manos.
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Que la costura hilada pueda haberse dado a una mano como se da el dibujo, a una mano, a mano, manualmente, no es coincidencia. Dibujar y tejer con las manos, sensibles, del cuerpo. De hecho, se podría decir, ver con las manos.
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Proposed translations
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| 3 | With the use of a/the hand |
ormiston
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| 4 | by a hand |
Max Granger
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| 3 | can be produced by hand/manually |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 3 | made harmoniously |
Stuart and Aida Nelson
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With the use of a/the hand
This might sound more natural and fit in with the rest of your text
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can be produced by hand/manually
Based on what I found on linguee.com.
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made harmoniously
Spanish Synonyms of "a una mano": de acuerdo, armónicamente, compatiblemente, de concierto, en armonía
Define meaning of "a una mano": Mostrar, alcanzar conformidad o concordancia entre dos o más personas o cosas.
https://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/es-en/a una mano.ph...
A pair made harmoniously, constructed in true decadence, a symbol of nature's beauty
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by a hand
I would translate something like this:
"That the woven tapestry was perhaps made by a hand, as the drawing was made by a hand—by hand, manually—is no coincidence. To draw or to weave by hand, with the sense of the hands, with the body. That is, we might say: to see with the hands."
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Note added at 23 hrs (2022-01-07 17:22:57 GMT)
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* or maybe literal is better here: "...could have been made by a hand..."
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Note added at 23 hrs (2022-01-07 17:28:30 GMT)
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There is perhaps a double meaning I'm missing, as indicated by the post that translates as "made harmoniously." Not sure how you could render that in English, as "made harmoniously" doesn't capture the play on words. But I think "made by a hand, as the drawing was made by a hand" gets at the harmonious connection as much as is possible.
"That the woven tapestry was perhaps made by a hand, as the drawing was made by a hand—by hand, manually—is no coincidence. To draw or to weave by hand, with the sense of the hands, with the body. That is, we might say: to see with the hands."
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Note added at 23 hrs (2022-01-07 17:22:57 GMT)
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* or maybe literal is better here: "...could have been made by a hand..."
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Note added at 23 hrs (2022-01-07 17:28:30 GMT)
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There is perhaps a double meaning I'm missing, as indicated by the post that translates as "made harmoniously." Not sure how you could render that in English, as "made harmoniously" doesn't capture the play on words. But I think "made by a hand, as the drawing was made by a hand" gets at the harmonious connection as much as is possible.
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AllegroTrans
: things can be made "by hand" but not "by a hand"
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The Spanish equivalent of "made by hand" is "hecho a mano," not "hecho a una mano" (or dado...). The author is being poetic and playing with the phrases "a una mano/ a mano / manualmente."
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Discussion
- a 'single layer' (in the case of spaying on a basecoat and another for spraying enamel paint)
https://issuu.com/ipcm/docs/daad5513-ipcm-pc-2018-26 (page 44)
https://www.latu.org.uy/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/0.-MEM...
- "con movimiento circular siempre de derecha á izquierda, ó siempre de izquierda á derecha" and "de conformidad"
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Diccionario_enciclope... (page 289)
"con movimiento circular invariable"
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9ySUaXwvN78C&pg=PA885&lp... (page 885)