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Spanish term or phrase:
animalario
English translation:
menagerie
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Charles Davis
Dec 27, 2018 13:31
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This is from a handbook for an art education program based in Chile:
Muchas de las actividades del Método, por tanto, se basan en estas operaciones de transformación: así como la fabricación de máscaras hace posible convertirse, por unos instantes, en un otro (temible, impresionante o divertido); descubrir las hilarantes combinaciones de fragmentos provoca más de una carcajada en el “animalario”; o decodificar colectivamente en “mensaje secreto” otorga un nuevo sentido a la confección de cada una de las cajas….
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Muchas de las actividades del Método, por tanto, se basan en estas operaciones de transformación: así como la fabricación de máscaras hace posible convertirse, por unos instantes, en un otro (temible, impresionante o divertido); descubrir las hilarantes combinaciones de fragmentos provoca más de una carcajada en el “animalario”; o decodificar colectivamente en “mensaje secreto” otorga un nuevo sentido a la confección de cada una de las cajas….
Thanks
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | menagerie |
Charles Davis
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| 3 | classroom |
Giovanni Rengifo
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Jan 2, 2019 22:49: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
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menagerie
According to the Academy dictionary, "animalario" literally means a building where experimental laboratory animals are kept.
http://dle.rae.es/?id=2h9h0iu
But here it's being used more loosely, I think, to refer to the children who are dressing up in animal masks, and what we want is simply a word referring to a collection of animals. I think "menagerie" would fit well; it's also used more generally to mean a varied collection.
"menagerie
1 a : a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
b : a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menagerie
A menagerie [...] is a collection of live animals that people visit, study, or keep as pets."
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/menagerie
http://dle.rae.es/?id=2h9h0iu
But here it's being used more loosely, I think, to refer to the children who are dressing up in animal masks, and what we want is simply a word referring to a collection of animals. I think "menagerie" would fit well; it's also used more generally to mean a varied collection.
"menagerie
1 a : a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
b : a collection of wild or foreign animals kept especially for exhibition"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menagerie
A menagerie [...] is a collection of live animals that people visit, study, or keep as pets."
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/menagerie
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classroom
I think this is what the author means here
(a classroom where kids are as wild as "animals"; a zoo if you will)
You may want to use "classmates" instead.
(a classroom where kids are as wild as "animals"; a zoo if you will)
You may want to use "classmates" instead.
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