Aug 28, 2023 21:15
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Spanish term

para unos y para ptros

Spanish to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
This is a Chilean visual artist and poet talking about the work she did in the 60s and 70s

Nuestra poesía, con la escuela sobre todo de Parra y los surrealistas, era coloquial, inmediata, desnuda y completamente libre; nuestros actos se desarrollaban en un ambiente de euforia y expresividad en los que el público, después de escuchar los poemas gritaba: ¡Más poesía! Nuestra especialidad era el arte erótico y político, para unos y otros.
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Non-PRO (2): Juan Jacob, AllegroTrans

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Discussion

neilmac Aug 29, 2023:
@patinba I'm not sure I agree that my suggestion is too irreverent or the wrong register for the text. Although some might perceive this as a "serious text", all too often the descriptions of artists' works are all too "arty farty" for my sarcastic UK sensibilities. I doubt there has been more tosh written in other areas than art/surrealism.
Juan Jacob Aug 29, 2023:
@Andy ¿Cómo le dicen por acá? Eso, Proz abuse. Nada le hace. Siguen y siguen. Saludos.
Andy Watkinson Aug 29, 2023:
@Juan Llevo unos 20 años viendo este tipo de conducta. Es por esto que ahora rara vez intervengo.
Juan Jacob Aug 28, 2023:
Asker Tienes un montón de preguntas sin siquiera validar, rara vez un "por favor", un "gracias", y ni te tomas la molestia de corregir "ptros". Vaya ganas de ayudarte.
Andrew Bramhall Aug 28, 2023:
@Allegro ...because it wouldn't work here....?
AllegroTrans Aug 28, 2023:
Asker Since this is very basic Spanish why have you rejected the obvious meaning? What does does your gut feeling tell you?

Proposed translations

+5
5 mins
Selected

Something for everybody

For both sides, those interested in political poetry, and for those interested in erotic poetry.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
9 mins
Thanks Phil;
agree Juan Jacob : Evrybody, in this case !
27 mins
Yep, thanks.
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
3 hrs
Thank you!
agree patinba
13 hrs
Thank you!
agree Fernanda Lorenzo
17 hrs
Thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
10 hrs
Spanish term (edited): para unos y para otros

whatever tickles your fancy

Could be an option, especially if you fancy a bit of Frankie Howard or Kenneth Williams. Or perhaps a simplified version: "whatever you fancy".
Similar phrases could be "whatever your bent""... "cup of tea".... etc.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2023-08-29 07:38:32 GMT)
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Frankie Howerd.
Example sentence:

o whatever your bent, like with all art as a basic ethic...

Peer comment(s):

agree Adrian MM. : Good one and beats the first bland answer hands down! 'Whatever your bent' might suggest a Bent Copper (Police/wo/man) South of the Border.
1 hr
Cheers :-)
neutral patinba : The wrong register for a relatively serious text.
3 hrs
Pantomime chorus: "Oh no, it's not!" (I admit it is slightly tongue-in-cheek though)
neutral Andrew Bramhall : Typical of Adrian to childishly display his motives so transparently, by agreeing with your answer in order to cast an unmerited slur on mine//Agree with.Allegro;
11 hrs
Er... get a room, guys?
neutral AllegroTrans : Sad to see your "area" being used as a fighting cage
3 days 14 hrs
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