contención

English translation: containment

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Spanish term or phrase:	contención
English translation:	containment
Entered by:	MJ Barber

13:01 Jul 16, 2002

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / art criticism

Spanish term or phrase: contención

1st of today's batch of post-modern art criticism questions.

This word crops up quite a bit, I'll paste a few examples:

La doble intención de Fulano en sus pinturas es primeramente, relacionar visualmente la noción de la separación psíquica; flujo y conexión con la noción de lo que constituye la *contención* corporal, límites y grietas

Nuestro encuentro con la *contención* y las limitaciones es uno de los factores más persuasivos de nuestra experiencia corporal.

Para M. Merleau-Ponty la construcción del ser ha sido precedida en observar al cuerpo resaltando en fuerza, flujo y potencialidad más que en *contención* o estasis.

A todos ellos les une su apabullante sinceridad, su desgarrada lucha por encontrar nuevas formas, su mágica contención y la rica gama cromática que domina sus telas

Now, I already posted another aspect of the Merleau Ponty question, and people translated contencion as contention. I'm not so sure about this one, as it reminds me of *content*, i.e., happiness. I wonder would containment be better, or is it something different altogether. THe idea, as I understand it, is the limitations of the human body, the human body as a container. Er, I think. It seems to be something different in the 4th quote - I think that would definitely be containment.

Thanks for your help.
MJ

MJ Barber KudoZ activity Questions: 1448 (1 open) (23 without valid answers) (62 closed without grading) Answers: 1361 Spain
Local time: 04:18

Containment (I agree with you)

Explanation:
Obviuously it is about "contenido" and not about contention (disención, contención, rivalidad). I hope it helps.

Selected response from:

Lia Isaacs
United States
Local time: 21:18

Grading comment

Thanks for the confirmation. Thanks also to Aivars for a good reference.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

restraint

Rowan Morrell

Containment (I agree with you)

Lia Isaacs

containment

aivars

continence

Nikki Graham

physical or corporal sphere

Swami

contraint....or..... restraint,

Paul Edgar

4 -1

contentment

Vasiliki Papadimitriou

Answers

8 mins confidence:

physical or corporal sphere

Explanation:
...in the notion of our corporal sphere, both its physical limitations and abilities allow our very beings to escape..."

Swami
United States
Local time: 22:18
Native speaker of:

English

9 mins confidence:

restraint

Explanation:
I think this is a possibility, especially when used in conjunction with words like "limitaciones". In the "Wordreference.com" dictionary (see link below), "contention" is not mentioned, so it looks like this word might be a bit of a false friend.

Reference: http://wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=contenci...

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of:

English

13 mins confidence:

contraint....or..... restraint,

Explanation:
Two suggestions
Suerte,
Paul

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Check out the following links, too
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Merleau-Ponty + "constraint...

Paul Edgar
Local time: 04:18
Native speaker of:

English

13 mins confidence:

Containment (I agree with you)

Explanation:
Obviuously it is about "contenido" and not about contention (disención, contención, rivalidad). I hope it helps.

Lia Isaacs
United States
Local time: 21:18
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks for the confirmation. Thanks also to Aivars for a good reference.

16 mins confidence:

containment

Explanation:
used also in psychotherapy.

\'Her Body/ Her Boundaries: gender and the metaphysics of containment\'

Reference: http://www.phil.mq.edu.au/staff/jsutton/CCHBreading.html

aivars
Argentina
Local time: 23:18
Native speaker of: Spanish

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

contentment

Explanation:
a near synonym of "ecstasy"

love
Vasiliki

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Note added at 2002-07-16 13:21:57 (GMT)
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mira esa frase:

\"flujo y potencialidad más que en *contención* o estasis. \"

Vasiliki Papadimitriou
Local time: 05:18

1 hr confidence:

continence

Explanation:
this is one of the ideas from Oxford. It's very much along the ideas of those that have suggested restraint above.

According to the New Shorter Oxford, it means: 1. Self-restraint, 2. specifically Sexual self-restraint; especially complete sexual abstinence.

contención (according to the DRAE) = acción y efecto de contener
and contener, among others, = reprimir o sujetar el movimiento o impulso de un cuerpo and reprimir o moderar una pasión

I haven't been following all your questions, so I don't know if it's suitable or not, but HTH

Nikki Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28

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