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English translation: symbolically placed details

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Spanish term or phrase:	lementos simbólicamente puntuales
English translation:	symbolically placed details
Entered by:	Clare Macnamara

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16:09 Oct 18, 2006

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Social Sciences - Archaeology / Mexico

Spanish term or phrase: lementos simbólicamente puntuales

En el conjunto de las vajillas se distinguen por su belleza y complejidad aquellas que contienen elementos simbólicamente puntuales que en secuencia evocan ...

Patricia Rosas KudoZ activity Questions: 1427 (none open) (60 closed without grading) Answers: 1631 United States
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symbolically placed details

Explanation:
or maybe you could turn it around and put "occasional symbolic details", sounds better but it depends on how the sentence continues.

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Clare Macnamara
Local time: 20:03

Grading comment

Thanks very much, Clare!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

symbolically placed details

Clare Macnamara

occasional/specific symbolic elements / occasional symbolically suggested elements

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detailed symbolic designs/elements

Ronnie McKee

Discussion entries: 2

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5 mins confidence:

detailed symbolic designs/elements

Explanation:
It also occured to me that puntual could be relating to the era

Ronnie McKee
Spain
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Ronnie, Thanks as always for your help. I tried out both your solution and Clare's and somehow hers seems to fit better--but who knows what this author really meant! Thanks for your help!

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

elementos simbólicamente puntuales

symbolically placed details

Explanation:
or maybe you could turn it around and put "occasional symbolic details", sounds better but it depends on how the sentence continues.

Clare Macnamara
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks very much, Clare!

7 mins confidence:

occasional/specific symbolic elements / occasional symbolically suggested elements

Explanation:
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Smartranslators
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32

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