Glossary entry

español term or phrase:

masticadas

inglés translation:

predigested

Added to glossary by Rick Larg
Jan 31, 2016 22:20
8 yrs ago
español term

masticadas

español al inglés Ciencias sociales Viajes y turismo Philosophy of tourism ?
Al igual que el edificio-icono de la ciudad-espectáculo muestra una gran indeferencia por la urbe que le rodea, los complejos turísticos contemporáneos, los llamados resorts, se abstraen del territorio humano, histórico y geográfico donde se ubican, para crear simulacros e hyperrealities paralelas donde ofrecer vivencias ya **** masticadas**** . La industria turística postmoderna se ha especializado en extremo, parcelando los citados complejos según tipologías familiares para evitar interferencias en el disfrute del ocio: familias con niños, gente joven, tercera edad, parejas, etc. El súmmum aparece en los resorts especializados en parejas de recién casados, lugares con voluntad de facilitar experiencias edulcoradas exentas de autenticidad, haciendo participes a los turistas de entornos tematizados, que rayan el reino de lo kitsch.

From a catalogue of a(n) (artistic) photograph exhibtion.
Is the idea of 'masticado' here akin to 'second-hand', or rather (well) thought out and planned (by the hotelier)? Or something else? Whatever the case, what would be a nice turn of phrase here? All and any ideas more than welcome...
With many thanks.

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predigested

Another possible and, I think, idiomatic way of reflecting the original metaphor. I do think this is the sense, as opposed to "raw" experience. The image is premastication, sometimes called "kiss feeding", whereby the mother chews the food and then passes it from her mouth to that of her infant child:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premastication

So literally "premasticated experience", which is in fact a possibility here, but I think it might sound more natural to refer to a variant of premastication found in some animals, involving passing regurgitated and therefore predigested food.

Arguably this metaphor should be retained because of its connection with the idea of consumption.

"David Sobel has argued that rather than being allowed freely to explore the natural world children are instead steered toward PowerPoint presentations, videos, and closely manicured guided trails that deliver predigested experiences."
Keeping the Wild: Against the Domestication of Earth, 10
https://books.google.es/books?id=DNC4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA11&lpg=PA...

"According to the website for ATME, the Association for Travel Marketing Executives, the boomer generation will be a “pig in a python.” As the industry gears up to squeeze “the moneyed masses” through packaged and predigested experiences, might not aging boomers — so good at changing the game! — insist on a more informed and thoughtful experience? I hope the offerings in this book will help the “second journey” traveler choose wisely among the options and make the best of journeys."
http://www.secondjourney.org/Bookstore/Ody_LookInside.pdf
Note from asker:
Many thanks, Charles. I had been toying with the idea of 'cud' as in 'chewing the cud', but couldn't work out how to adapt so bovine a metaphor to the text here. Wood for the trees?
Peer comment(s):

agree patinba
3 horas
Thanks, Pat!
agree bizisyl
4 horas
Thanks, bizisyl :)
agree Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
5 horas
Thanks, Karen!
agree Michele Fauble
9 horas
Thanks, Michele :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: ". "
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14 minutos

ready-made

I think this is what they mean.

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Note added at 20 mins (2016-01-31 22:40:53 GMT)
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A good example of the same thing, in my opinion:

https://books.google.ie/books?id=B-J0e2L-w_oC&pg=PA153&lpg=P...

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Note added at 28 mins (2016-01-31 22:48:21 GMT)
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Another example, directly related to tourism:
https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/101128/Ae13_2014...
"It is also important that tour leaders see themselves as experience enablers whose task is not to impose ready-made experiences but to concentrate on the consumers and empower them to experience whatever it is that they came to experience".

Peer comment(s):

agree Cecilia Gowar
54 minutos
Muchas gracias.
agree lugoben
2 horas
Muchas gracias.
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1 hora

spoon-fed

In keeping with the metaphor of the source, "spoon-fed" is possibly an option here, implying that tourists don't have to make any effort to consume the experiences offered them.

spoon-feed
tr.v. spoon-fed (-fĕd′), spoon-feed·ing, spoon-feeds
2. To treat (another) in a way that discourages independent thought or action, as by overindulgence.
3.
a. To provide (another) with knowledge or information in an oversimplified way.
b. To provide (knowledge or information) in an oversimplified way.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spoon-fed
Peer comment(s):

agree David Ronder : Yes, though it might work better as a verb - where they spoon-feed experiences
7 horas
Yes David, thanks.
agree Jacob Z. (X) : Of the 4 existing suggestions I like this one the best.
9 horas
Thanks, James :-)
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9 horas

tried and tested

Tried and tested/trusted (British, American & Australian) also tried and true (American) - used by many people and proved to be effective.
"They ran a highly successful advertising campaign using a tried and tested formula."


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Note added at 9 hrs (2016-02-01 08:02:49 GMT)
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Nevertheless, the use of "masticadas" (literally "chewed up") rather than a more elegant/positive term, provides the negative slant of the original IMHO.
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2 días 21 horas

cookie cutter

something that is man-made, mass-produced or lacking any distinguishing characteristics.
modifier noun: cookie-cutter
"a cookie-cutter apartment in a high-rise building"

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Note added at 2 days21 hrs (2016-02-03 20:00:35 GMT)
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https://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=https://s-media-cache-ak...
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