mediatizzati e mediatizzabili

English translation: mediatized and mediatizable

18:48 Jul 1, 2010
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: mediatizzati e mediatizzabili
Description of an art festival:

Il tema della manifestazione è “last minute Hero”, allusione agli eroi contemporanei, mediatizzati e mediatizzabili.

I've been wrestling with this one for a while...

The best I can do is: the mediated and mediatised heroes of today but I don't think it's quite right.

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David Turnbull
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:13
English translation:mediatized and mediatizable
Explanation:

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q="last ...

Abitare - international design magazine » last minute Hero
3 Mar 2010 ... The theme that candidates must base their work on is:“last minute Hero”. The title refers to contemporary idols, improvised and ***mediatized***, ...
www.abitare.it/competitions/last-minute-hero/ - Cached

A Google on mediatize throws up an historical meaning to do with monarchy and another to do with the modern media, which is obviously the meaning here. Big Brother celebrities are made famous by the media, they are mediatized celebrities.
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James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 12:13
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2mediatized and mediatizable
James (Jim) Davis
3famous and not so famous
philgoddard
3publicized and publicizable
casper (X)
1medi-I-dolized and medi-I-dolizable
meirs


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medi-I-dolized and medi-I-dolizable


Explanation:
Just a pun - it is a hype or neologism anyway in the original. Other options: media-amplified, media-projected, and so on.

meirs
Israel
Local time: 11:13
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in RomanianRomanian
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famous and not so famous


Explanation:
Or "famous and obscure alike", or anything along those lines.
You can't translate this at all literally, but I think it means that they're either in the media already or they have the potential to be.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mediatized and mediatizable


Explanation:

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q="last ...

Abitare - international design magazine » last minute Hero
3 Mar 2010 ... The theme that candidates must base their work on is:“last minute Hero”. The title refers to contemporary idols, improvised and ***mediatized***, ...
www.abitare.it/competitions/last-minute-hero/ - Cached

A Google on mediatize throws up an historical meaning to do with monarchy and another to do with the modern media, which is obviously the meaning here. Big Brother celebrities are made famous by the media, they are mediatized celebrities.


James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 12:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Colin Ryan (X): Perfect, especially for a sociological register
8 hrs

agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
9 hrs
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publicized and publicizable


Explanation:
or, if I may take a cue from philgoddard's suggestion above:
'publicized and not so publicized'.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-07-02 04:56:44 GMT)
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Or even:
'publicized and stillnot so publicized'.

Example sentence(s):
  • ...stars do not have a strong character, but <b>a definable, publicizable personality</b>: a figure which can become a nationally-advertised trademark.

    Reference: http://www.nicholasjdanton.supanet.com/dissertation.htm
casper (X)
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