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se vuelca sobre la ciudad

English translation: radiates out over the city

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Spanish term or phrase:	se vuelca sobre la ciudad
English translation:	radiates out over the city
Entered by:	LisaMac

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08:30 Nov 3, 2009

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Architecture

Spanish term or phrase: se vuelca sobre la ciudad

Según sus propias palabras “(name of bar) es la superposición de dos astros interrumpidos por un planeta . Nosotros lo vemos como la superposición de dos “mundos”: el exterior, la ciudad, su personalidad, su movimientos, su excitación… y el interior, las personas, sus vidas, sus historias, sus deseos, sus ilusiones… Esta superposición se manifiesta en (name of bar) por su configuración arquitectónica y por el uso de materiales reflectantes. Estas circunstancias hacen que la ciudad penetre en el bar durante todo el día y durante la noche es el bar que **se vuelca sobre la ciudad***”.

LisaMac KudoZ activity Questions: 980 (11 open) (90 closed without grading) Answers: 1237 Spain
Local time: 15:52

radiates out over the city

Explanation:
I really liked Muriel's idea but if it's up there....

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-11-03 13:14:50 GMT)
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maybe this picks up on the notion of light too

Selected response from:

ormiston
France
Local time: 15:52

Grading comment

Thanks Ormiston! Like the sound of this and it works perfectly. Thanks to everybody else too for the time and help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +1

radiates out over the city

ormiston

...pours itself out upon the city...

eski

lights up the city / shines out over the city

Jenniferts

goes out into the city

Cesar Serrano

displays itself to the city

Gilla Evans

shines/reflects out upon the city

John Cutler

spills out onto the streets

Muriel Vasconcellos

erupts over the city

Simon Harris

brims over the city

patricia scott

Answers

4 mins confidence:

goes out into the city

Explanation:
...

Cesar Serrano
Ecuador
Local time: 09:52
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

23 mins confidence:

erupts over the city

Explanation:
you can probably improve on this but it gives the the sense of 'throwing itself over', which is a standard translation

there's a wordreference thread here
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=836418
that suggests 'erupt' as a possible trans

and the idea of a party erupting into life is certainly possible

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Note added at 26 mins (2009-11-03 08:56:56 GMT)
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also a nice contrast between penetrate and erupt - still a bit tenuous, though!!

Simon Harris
Spain
Local time: 15:52
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English

29 mins confidence:

shines/reflects out upon the city

Explanation:
Based on the idea that the bar's construction materials are reflective and what goes on at night can be seen from outside or below.

John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 15:52
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

16 mins confidence:

spills out onto the streets

Explanation:
I think the idea is that people spill out of the bar and fill the surrounding streets.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-03 09:57:04 GMT)
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That's a challenge - how is the crowd from a bar going to pour out into the city if there aren't streets??

How about "that sends its energy out across the city"?

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 06:52
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 32

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi Muriel, this is one option I had (but can´t use streets, as it's one of those those bars at the top of a building, but it does have an outside area I think).

1 hr confidence:

displays itself to the city

Explanation:
or shows itself off to the city

Gilla Evans
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:52
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

radiates out over the city

ormiston
France
Local time: 15:52
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks Ormiston! Like the sound of this and it works perfectly. Thanks to everybody else too for the time and help.

5 hrs confidence:

brims over the city

Explanation:
yet another option. It also depends on the translation of the first part of the sentence, IMO.

patricia scott
Spain
Local time: 15:52
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

12 hrs confidence:

...pours itself out upon the city...

Explanation:
volcarse verbo pronominal

[vaso/botella] to get knocked o tipped over
See Also→ volcar verbo intransitivo
(entregarse, dedicarse) ~se a algo ‹a tarea› to throw oneself into sth
(desvivirse) ~se para or por hacer algo to go out of one's way to do sth;
~se con algn: se ~on conmigo they bent over backwards to make me feel welcome
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=vuel...

eski
Mexico
Local time: 08:52
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 212

20 hrs confidence:

lights up the city / shines out over the city

Explanation:
Since the idea seems to be that the lit-up bar becomes an attraction at night, I think "lights up" or "shines out" work.

Jenniferts
Ecuador
Local time: 09:52
Meets criteria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4