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a home, a place where they belong

Spanish translation: un ambiente familiar, un lugar que es el suyo

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English term or phrase:	a home, a place where they belong
Spanish translation:	un ambiente familiar, un lugar que es el suyo
Entered by:	Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

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17:42 Feb 25, 2009

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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Art exhibit

English term or phrase: a home, a place where they belong

Same as my previous question. From an essay to introduce an art exhibit of a Mexican painter. Context:

The artist makes the men appear to be a natural part of the landscape. Even the fact that both men are shirtless seems to suggest that the men are appearing in their natural state--at home in their natural surroundings. At home in the landscape of a transplanted Mexico in the United States. Perhaps the landscape in the background gives the subjects ** a home, a place where they belong.** The result is that they appear more solitary, more displaced.

Here "home" refers to the landscape. The RAE defines hogar as "casa o domicilio", the structure, so that doesn't fit here. The word belong also presents problems, I don't like using "pertenecer", any ideas for this phrase?

Gracias a todos.

teju KudoZ activity Questions: 494 (none open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 3195 United States
Local time: 15:17

un marco / encuadre / entorno, un lugar que es el suyo

Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 2 days23 hrs (2009-02-28 16:59:21 GMT) Post-grading
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Hola teju, me parece muy buena tu solución ¡agree! La incluyo en el glosario

Selected response from:

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 22:17

Grading comment

Acabé poniendo "un ambiente familiar, un lugar que ahora es el suyo". Muchas gracias por tu ayuda.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

una morada, un lugar de pertenencia

Abaz

3 +3

un hogar, un lugar del que formar parte

Jose Lozano

4 +1

un hogar, un lugar al que pertenecen.

cebice

un marco / encuadre / entorno, un lugar que es el suyo

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

un entorno/ambiente, un lugar del que forman parte

Lucia Colombino

un hogar, un lugar en que son parte

Michael Powers (PhD)

proporciona a los sujetos un rincón/espacio/paraje/morada acogedor

Smartranslators

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

6 mins confidence:

un hogar, un lugar en que son parte

Explanation:
una sugerencia

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 16:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 48

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

un hogar, un lugar del que formar parte

Explanation:
Desde luego, no traduciría "home" como "casa" en este contexto, y desde luego menos aún como "domicilio". Pero "hogar" se utiliza muy a menudo en sentido metafórico.

Jose Lozano
Spain
Local time: 22:17
Native speaker of:

Spanish

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

un hogar, un lugar al que pertenecen.

Explanation:
Creo que puedes usarlo así

cebice
United States
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of:

Spanish

24 mins confidence:

un entorno/ambiente, un lugar del que forman parte

Explanation:
Sinceramente, la segunda parte me resulta pesada, lo sugiero porque no te gusta "pertenecen" (que a mí no me desagrada tanto).

Lucia Colombino
Uruguay
Local time: 19:17
Native speaker of:

Spanish

24 mins confidence:

proporciona a los sujetos un rincón/espacio/paraje/morada acogedor

Explanation:
A ver si alguna de estas te sirve. Saludos

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Note added at 28 minutos (2009-02-25 18:11:08 GMT)
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para el resto de la frase:

el lugar que les corresponde
el lugar al que corresponden

Smartranslators
Spain
Local time: 22:17
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 52