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se projecta o processo da distância

English translation: the process of distancing is projected

08:08 May 9, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Portuguese term or phrase: se projecta o processo da distância
Uma parede que sustenta painéis padronizados e que chegou até nós como um resto perdido que ficou; como um resto que assistiu a uma inserção no mundo a que se chama, quotidianamente, casa; essa parede de painéis é uma imagem que foi “roubada”, que falta a uma percepção passada. Os painéis são um registo, uma intencionalidade que acompanha conotações reactivas e que aprendem, como refúgio no qual **se projecta o processo da distância**, não só as emoções, mas também o seu próprio representar.

The panels referred to here are part of an art work about the domestic environment. The whole phrase (in fact the entire piece!) is pretty demanding, but I think I'm gradually making sense of it. I'm really unsure, though, as what this particular bit really means and can't get beyond a literal interpretation.
Lucy Phillips
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:57
English translation:the process of distancing is projected
Explanation:
Not very high confidence level because I'm not sure about this since the Portuguese uses a noun rather than a verb. But it only really makes sense to me to turn it into a verb in English, since it is a process that we are talking about.

- "a refuge into which the process of distancing OR the distancing process is projected".

Anyway, it might help your ideas...
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Evans (X)
Local time: 13:57
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thank you
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Summary of answers provided
5the distance process is projected
coolbrowne
3 +1the process of distancing is projected
Evans (X)
4reminisces a process of the past or distancing
Edward Nelson


  

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the distance process is projected


Explanation:
Yes, you are right; the text is very dense and full of the artsy presumption commonly found in description of works of art, as if the author were competing with the artist for attention. Sure, parts of the text are balderdash, but I understand that you need to translate it. Here is my attempt at reproducing the relevant sentence original, including its nonsensical parts, as far as possible:

The panels are a record, a testimony of intention, which follow reactive contractions and surmised as a refuge in which the distance process is projected; not only the emotions but the very act of representing them

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Note added at 17 mins (2010-05-09 08:25:41 GMT)
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Error: Sorry, I inserted the word "sentence" in the wrong place (darned editing boxes!). I meant to say

...reproducing the relevant original sentence, including...

My apologies :-(

coolbrowne
United States
Local time: 08:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks - it's the idea of the distance process being projected that troubles me! I can't for the life of me work out what is being said here, and I'm pretty used to both this dense kind of text and art criticism. I feel the need to paraphrase in some sense here, but really don't know how to. By the way, your 'very act of representing them' is great, an improvement on my translation!

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the process of distancing is projected


Explanation:
Not very high confidence level because I'm not sure about this since the Portuguese uses a noun rather than a verb. But it only really makes sense to me to turn it into a verb in English, since it is a process that we are talking about.

- "a refuge into which the process of distancing OR the distancing process is projected".

Anyway, it might help your ideas...

Evans (X)
Local time: 13:57
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 96
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thank you

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agree  Marlene Curtis
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  -> thanks, Marlene!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reminisces a process of the past or distancing


Explanation:
This is my figurative take on "se projecta o processo da distância", earlier on in the passage the panels are refered to as a record of something former, which presently is perceived as "a house" or "shelter".

Edward Nelson
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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