Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
continencia
English translation:
containment / self-containment
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Jul 31, 2011 23:49
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Spanish term
Works in: Spanish to English
continencia
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Philosophy
section:
"Memoria e Historia son idénticas. Son la imposibilidad misma del Control.
El mundo es un archipiélago en el tiempo. Cada universo es una macroisla que ya dentro de su propia continencia, parpadea. Pero el espacio-tiempo muta, y su información se extravía para siempre y donde anteriormente estaba su cuerpo ahora hay otro diferente, obediente a leyes otras, y entre universo y universo, la ilusión de la fijeza."
This is from a very literary text, with lots of word place.
Would you translate continencia here as "moderation"? Perhaps something like: The world is an archepelago in time. Each universe is a macro-island that in its own moderation, pulses.
Other approaches/suggestions?
Country of origin: Mexico.
"Memoria e Historia son idénticas. Son la imposibilidad misma del Control.
El mundo es un archipiélago en el tiempo. Cada universo es una macroisla que ya dentro de su propia continencia, parpadea. Pero el espacio-tiempo muta, y su información se extravía para siempre y donde anteriormente estaba su cuerpo ahora hay otro diferente, obediente a leyes otras, y entre universo y universo, la ilusión de la fijeza."
This is from a very literary text, with lots of word place.
Would you translate continencia here as "moderation"? Perhaps something like: The world is an archepelago in time. Each universe is a macro-island that in its own moderation, pulses.
Other approaches/suggestions?
Country of origin: Mexico.
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containment / self-containment
I don't understand "continencia" in the sense of "moderation", but in the sense of DRAE definition nº 3:
"Acción de contener"
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/
the clue to this is that each universe is a "micro-island", in other words "self-contained".
"Acción de contener"
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/
the clue to this is that each universe is a "micro-island", in other words "self-contained".
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Lydia De Jorge
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United States
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English
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Don't just say it, say it right!
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contained within itself
my reading
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Edward Tully
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Because your words matter
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in its own being/in itself
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self-contained world
Extrapolating for clarity, hopefully.
To adapt your attempt:
Each universe is a macro-island that pulses/twinkles/flickers in its own self-contained world.
That has a chance of making sense, at least to me.
To adapt your attempt:
Each universe is a macro-island that pulses/twinkles/flickers in its own self-contained world.
That has a chance of making sense, at least to me.
4 hrs
continent
Moliner gives continencia: ant. Continente (receptáculo).
This matches the OED sense
Continent: That which contains or holds. Now rare or arch.
This matches the OED sense
Continent: That which contains or holds. Now rare or arch.
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Pablo Julián Davis
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La palabra justa/The right word
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Spanish term (edited):
dentro de su propia continencia
contained within its own completeness
irresistible este pequeño rompecabezas...! ahí va mi humilde ensayo de solución, que agarra un poquito por otro camino. no sé si la pegué, pero la aliteración me cae bien. me gustan los otros intentos; DLyons, creo que acertaste en identificar esa acepción en Moliner...
Example sentence:
Every Universe is a vast twinkling Island, wholly contained within its own completeness.
11 hrs
typo: contingencia
This is how I immediately read it, as 'de su propia contingencia', which is a common phrase in philosophy.
This is backed up by a Google search, which gives us 10,200 results for this exact phrase, and exactly three results - including a link to this question - for 'de su propia continencia'.
So "Each universe is a macro-island which, in its own contingency, blinks", or something to that effect. The author appears to be making some contingency-necessity ('fijeza'?) distinction. Not that this helps make the text much more comprehensible, unfortunately - as you say it is more literary than philosophical!
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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-08-01 11:19:01 GMT)
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'flickers' or 'pulses' is much better than 'blinks', as others have suggested.
This is backed up by a Google search, which gives us 10,200 results for this exact phrase, and exactly three results - including a link to this question - for 'de su propia continencia'.
So "Each universe is a macro-island which, in its own contingency, blinks", or something to that effect. The author appears to be making some contingency-necessity ('fijeza'?) distinction. Not that this helps make the text much more comprehensible, unfortunately - as you say it is more literary than philosophical!
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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-08-01 11:19:01 GMT)
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'flickers' or 'pulses' is much better than 'blinks', as others have suggested.
Reference comments
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David Hollywood
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Reference:
within its own essence
maybe ....
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