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Spanish term

un juego de espejos

Spanish to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
This is a description of the show Estado de Spam by Argentine artist Diego Bienchi.
I think it is something like funhouse mirrors, but without the distorting effect:


Vivir una exposición tuya es sumergirse a un espacio en donde el vocabulario material puede en ocasiones reconocerse –madera, esponja, residuos, zapatos, pelo, mano, espejo, llantas, cigarro, codo, etc.–, pero la lógica de cada muestra de repente es otra. Esa “otra” la puedo articular como una experiencia en la que la acción de visitarla es un sentir con el cuerpo, una narrativa que existe en ese momento de una manera y que, de pronto, en otro –horas después– no está más. Es este sentir con el cuerpo que se amplifica por la forma en que la experiencia como visitante se traduce en un juego de espejos donde todo tiene un efecto y afecto entre sí. Es decir, por ejemplo, en tu trabajo existe una fuerte reflexión sobre los límites y la potencia que se genera entre producción y consumo.

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Discussion

AllegroTrans Jun 15, 2022:
It's a secret ..
AllegroTrans Jun 14, 2022:
Wendy Can you share with us what you finally used as your translation please?
philgoddard Jun 14, 2022:
Juego means set or collection here Not game.
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=jueg...
AllegroTrans Jun 11, 2022:
Put another way Why have you rejected "game of mirrors"?
AllegroTrans Jun 2, 2022:
Wendy Is there a reason why you want anything other than a literal translation ("game of mirrors")? Or is it some kind of explanation that you need?

Proposed translations

+1
1 hr

reflective interplay/exercise

Declined
my ideas on this

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-06-02 22:18:51 GMT)
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"reflective" is good and agree with Barbara on that aspect

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-06-02 22:20:35 GMT)
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I'm not sure that mirrors have to enter the equation...
Peer comment(s):

agree Barbara Cochran, MFA : I like "reflective interplay" a lot, esp. if you want to avoid the more literal "mirrors".
1 hr
neutral AllegroTrans : that may well be an extended idea, but it's not what the ST says; I cannot see the asker's problem/issue
14 hrs
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+5
1 hr

a game of mirrors/mirrors game

Declined
Is there any reason not to use a literal translation?

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-06-02 22:45:24 GMT)
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https://rodrigawe.medium.com/el-juego-de-los-espejos-dd62dcc...
Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer Levey : Prefer 'game of mirrors'. ... gritando las simplísimas verdades que no queréis oír.' (Federico García Lorca, quoted in your webref.)
26 mins
thanks. I cannot see how any other translation would work // hahaha
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
27 mins
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agree neilmac
7 hrs
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agree Albert Soler-Cruanyes
10 hrs
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agree patinba : "game of mirrors"
13 hrs
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45 mins

reflective mirrors/mirrors that reflect images

Declined
Perhaps, given the surrounding context: "donde todo tiene un efecto y afecto entre sí", "en tu trabajo existe una fuerte reflexión..."

Maybe "mirrors that reflect images..."

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Note added at 1 hr (2022-06-02 22:54:14 GMT)
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Or perhaps "reflective mirroring".
Peer comment(s):

neutral AllegroTrans : surely that is what all mirrors do? Why omit "juego"
40 mins
Of course. Hence my translation/Well, because one would have to assume that the asker knows what the literal translation is, so she seems to have wanted to think about other possibilities.
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