Oct 10, 2021 00:09
2 yrs ago
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Spanish term

hacen juego de

Spanish to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
About a drawing by an Italo-Venezuelan artist:
Esas mujeres entrelazadas, concatenadas en un trágico acontecer, incompletas e ideales son un llamado a una tradición iconográfica del mundo cultural del cual procede la autora. Estas danzarinas redondas hacen juego de un tablero simbólico más largo: las diosas madres fenicias, la Dama de Elche ibérica, las bailarinas rituales en los muros de Micenas.

Act as? Make reference to?

Proposed translations

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2 hrs
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imitate/mirror

I would suggest

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hark back to

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but "hark back to" is maybe a bridge too far...
Peer comment(s):

agree Muriel Vasconcellos : I like 'mirror' best.
6 mins
ty Muriel and greetings from BA
agree neilmac : Neat :-)
5 hrs
thanks Neil
agree AllegroTrans
13 hrs
thanks Chris
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2 hrs

are/make part of

part of a larger symbolic chessboard
diría que sugiere eso
formar parte de un tablero, quizá jugar en un tablero...

tb pensé en
hacen juego CON
match with
van en línea con
pero creo que va a ser formar parte la idea
match with
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Have (broader symbolic) connotations

I.e. these female figures can also reflect these other symbols
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