leaf curling spider

Spanish translation: araña de las hojas | araña de las hojas enrolladas

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English term or phrase:	leaf curling spider
Spanish translation:	araña de las hojas \| araña de las hojas enrolladas
Entered by:	Cecilia Carrizo

01:28 Feb 10, 2014

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Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / Part of a science book

English term or phrase: leaf curling spider

This is the context; it is a small paragraph from a children's textbook (source country Australia, target language Latin American Spanish):

To make its home, the leaf-curling spider pulls a dead leaf up from the ground on a silk thread, then spins a tight web around it so that it curls up to form a small hiding place for the spider.

I found the term "araña Phonognatha", but I was looking for a "less fomal" term (if any) that could be used in a children's book. Any help will be appreciated!

Cecilia Carrizo KudoZ activity Questions: 6 (none open) Answers: 1 Argentina
Local time: 01:03

araña de las hojas | araña de las hojas enrolladas

Explanation:
Well, there isn't a traditional name in Spanish for Phonognatha graeffei, so you'll have to coin a new term. "Araña enrolladora de hojas" is OK, I guess, but animals with similar names tend to be called "X de las hojas enrolladas" or even just "X de las hojas".

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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-02-10 07:14:07 GMT)
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Por ejemplo:

pear leaf-curling midge | cecidómido de las hojas del peral

http://wiki.pestinfo.org/wiki/Dasineura_pyri

Selected response from:

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Spain
Local time: 06:03

Grading comment

I found you answer very helpful; however, I went ahead with your suggestion and coined a new term that would be more appropriate for a childrens' book.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

araña que enrolla una hoja para hacer su nido

JohnMcDove

4 +1

araña de las hojas | araña de las hojas enrolladas

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz

"araña-enrolla-hojas" / "araña enrolladora de hojas"

Neil Ashby

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

araña que enrolla una hoja para hacer su nido

Explanation:
la araña que enrolla las hojas para hacer su nido

La araña que enrolla las hojas para hacer su hogar [su nido], tira de una hoja seca desde el suelo con un hilo de seda, luego teje una telaraña ceñida en torno a esta, que hace que se enrolle formando un pequeño escondrijo para la araña...

Aunque en un texto técnico me inclinaría por usar el nombre “técnico” como lo dan en Wikipedia: “Phonognatha graeffei”, en el contexto infantil, una explicación simple, creo que es lo más adecuado.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Arañas_comunes_de_Austral...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonognatha_graeffei

Si se trata de un texto para niños, quizá con la descripción pueda funcionar...

Suerte.

JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 21:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks John and peers!

Asker: Thank you very much! I also find it a bit risky to use a made up name... The explanation of the spider does would be too long for a title though; I will use it in the paragraph.

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

araña de las hojas | araña de las hojas enrolladas

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Spain
Local time: 06:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 201

Grading comment

I found you answer very helpful; however, I went ahead with your suggestion and coined a new term that would be more appropriate for a childrens' book.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you Alistair!

Asker: Thank you very much for your answer!

11 hrs confidence:

"araña-enrolla-hojas" / "araña enrolladora de hojas"

Explanation:
As you are going to describe what the spider does, and therefore why it has this invented, colloquial name, you could just use a brief version of John's suggestion. I think it is zingy and would catch the children's imagination.
HTH

Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 06:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you guys!

Asker: I used your suggestion in the translation, since I thought that it would be more catchy and appropriate for a childrens' book.

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