la memoria va actuando de manera diferente con el tiempo

English translation: where memory exerts a differential effect over the course of time

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Spanish term or phrase: la memoria va actuando de manera diferente con el tiempo
English translation:where memory exerts a differential effect over the course of time
Entered by: teju

14:00 Oct 21, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Art exhibit - photography
Spanish term or phrase: la memoria va actuando de manera diferente con el tiempo
Same as last question. A photographer's essay. Thanks to all.

Ensayo de la identidad, surge en mi obsesión por reconstruir la identidad de personas desaparecidas, gente
que nunca he visto en persona, el retrato no surge directamente, y al verme tras esa lamentable circunstancia, solo me queda encontrar rastros, signos en la presencia que dejaron en sus espacios y objetos personales. Ese buscar y buscar se convirtió en un ejercicio, un ensayo de la búsqueda de la identidad, la reconstrucción era como pegar una fotografía rota, ese ensamble, ese pedazo que falta, es al fin y al cabo el algo de un todo. Estos encuentros, constituyeron en mí impresiones como individuo, *** donde la memoria va actuando de manera diferente con el tiempo. ***
teju
Local time: 00:24
where memory exerts a differential affect over the course of time
Explanation:
Seems a natural and concise way of rendering what seems to be the underlying idea.

Suerte.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-10-21 16:00:02 GMT)
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Sorry!

"E"ffect (not Affect).
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 02:24
Grading comment
Thanks again Robert!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2where memory shifts in different ways as time goes by
Isamar
3 +2where memory acts differently over time
Bubo Coroman (X)
4where memory is altered by the passage of time
HugoSteckel
4where memory exerts a differential affect over the course of time
Robert Forstag
3the memory changes as time moves on
Thayenga


Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the memory changes as time moves on


Explanation:
Different times shed a different light on memories.

Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 07:24
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
where memory is altered by the passage of time


Explanation:
or also where memory and time are out of step, depending on how you interpret it

HugoSteckel
Switzerland
Local time: 07:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
where memory shifts in different ways as time goes by


Explanation:
Don't think you can use "act" here in English....

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Note added at 34 mins (2010-10-21 14:34:38 GMT)
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It's ....These encounters.....where memory shifts in etc. I'm open to suggestions!

Isamar
Local time: 07:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your suggestion. Not too sure "where" is the best way to translate "donde" in this sentence. Would you agree?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: Was going to post but realised I was v similar: "memory works in different ways as time passes". We all understand what is being said, and are now looking for natural sounding English.
13 mins
  -> Thanks Noni! In artspeak it's often a bit long winded though!

agree  Evans (X): I think this works quite well, perhaps I would say "in which memory..."
1 hr
  -> Thanks Gilla! It sounds more poetic like that...I like it
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
where memory acts differently over time


Explanation:
literal translation to avoid distorting the author's thoughts. Seems to refer to the Historical Memory movement (identification of people buried in mass graves during the Spanish Civil War...)
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoria_histórica

Bubo Coroman (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 147

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  amendozachisum: agree
34 mins
  -> many thanks and kind regards! - Deborah

agree  Salloz
51 mins
  -> thanks Sal, kindest regards!- Deb
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
where memory exerts a differential affect over the course of time


Explanation:
Seems a natural and concise way of rendering what seems to be the underlying idea.

Suerte.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-10-21 16:00:02 GMT)
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Sorry!

"E"ffect (not Affect).

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 02:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 134
Grading comment
Thanks again Robert!
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