Em que termos as coloca? Ou elas se lhe colocam?

English translation: How would you describe them? Or how do they appear to you?

21:38 Apr 4, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Portuguese term or phrase: Em que termos as coloca? Ou elas se lhe colocam?
"Regressando à nossa segunda questão. O facto de estarmos perante imagens oferecidas mas inacessíveis, desejáveis mas perdidas, leva-nos à questão da melancolia e do voyeurismo? **Em que termos as coloca? Ou elas se lhe colocam?**"

sorry to post a relatively long term, but I'm tying myself in knots trying to work this out. I'm assuming that 'as' and 'elas' must refer to 'imagens' but I can't make sense of the opposition being set up here. Can anyone help?

thank you!
Lucy Phillips
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:30
English translation:How would you describe them? Or how do they appear to you?
Explanation:
Not any easy one....
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suesimons
Local time: 07:30
Grading comment
thanks, Sue!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2How do you place/present them? Or they present themselves to you?
Marlene Curtis
4In which terms would you express them? Or how do they place themselves into you?
imatahan
3 +1How would you describe them? Or how do they appear to you?
suesimons


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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
How do you place/present them? Or they present themselves to you?


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Como você coloca as imagens? ou elas se colocam, lhe são apresentadas? (minha interpretação da frase em português).

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 03:30
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 135

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agree  Silvia Aquino
18 mins
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agree  Adriana Maciel
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
In which terms would you express them? Or how do they place themselves into you?


Explanation:
sug

imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 04:30
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
How would you describe them? Or how do they appear to you?


Explanation:
Not any easy one....

suesimons
Local time: 07:30
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks, Sue!
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you Sue, I came up with a very similar phrase to this in the end.


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agree  Verginia Ophof
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