Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Spanish term or phrase:autoconsciente
'Elegí esta película también por su director, Martín Rejtman, quien posiblemente sea uno de los directores argentinos más autoconscientes'
Beatriz Sarlo discussing the film Silvia Prieto.
Is this best translated as self-conscious or self-aware, or something else? To describe someone as being 'one of the most self-conscious directors' sounds very odd to me in English - I think its primary meaning is shy! But is self-aware right here? I'm just not sure, I feel like she's saying something like he's very perceptive, aware of what he's doing, etc and I want to capture this succintly in English.
María Teresa Taylor Oliver: 4:11pm Aug 19, 2005: self-referential: referring to itself; especially: concerned with the mental attitudes and creative processes that brought it into existence - Lucy Phillips (asker): 6:44pm Aug 19, 2005: with respect to self-referential - I'm not sure that this is what is being said: at another point (talking about a short story by Rejtman about a checkout girl) the author says 'No hay nada en él más lejano que el mundo de los reponedores de supermercado. No es un cineasta de origen popular...' She never suggests that Rejtman draws on his own experiences. MargaEsther: 10:11pm Aug 19, 2005: Lucy, además del enlace que añadí en mi agree, te recomiendo estos:www.cineindependiente.com.ar/critica/index.php y http://www.lanacion.com.ar/Archivo/Nota.asp?nota_id=604659; no es popular, pero sí proyecta su mundo que es la clase media porteña. Yo sólo - MargaEsther: 10:15pm Aug 19, 2005: he visto "Los guantes mágicos" y leído sus relatos "Velcro y yo" (es joven y aún no tiene mucha obra) pero su marco es sin duda posmoderno -a su cía productora la llamó Rizoma por sus claros vínculos con Deleuze- y su intimismo me hizo pensar que - MargaEsther: 10:16pm Aug 19, 2005: "autoconsciente" pudiera traducirse como insightful, sin embargo, el self-referential creo que le va como anillo al dedo. - amj_services: 2:01pm Aug 21, 2005: I believe that as translators we have to say what the author (Sarlo) wanted to say, which is "self-aware". But even if we do some research about Rejtman and his work, we would still find out that "self-aware" is the correct term here......... - amj_services: 2:08pm Aug 21, 2005: ......a link added here by MargaEsther includes an interview with Rejtman. Please check it out: http://www.cineindependiente.com.ar/encuentros/?cod=260&PHPS...
Both the interviewer and Rejtman comment on the fact....... - amj_services: 2:12pm Aug 21, 2005: .....that he is not an autobiographical, self-referential author. Rejman: "Incluso muchos de mis cuentos son en primera persona, pero no soy yo. Sin duda no soy yo, es como otra persona. Yo puedo meter cosas mías ahí, de hecho, pero siempre transformadas" - amj_services: 2:15pm Aug 21, 2005: "A lo mejor estás diciendo lo que vos pensás, pero lo que vos pensás no es lo importante, sino lo que dice la película. Muchas veces puede ser muy diferente a lo que yo digo o lo que yo pienso. Lo más personal es algo mucho más misterioso....... - amj_services: 2:16pm Aug 21, 2005: ......algo que uno no sabe bien y que tiene que descubrir con la obra que hace, en todo caso. Eso es realmente personal, lo que está oculto y aparece al hacer una obra. Lo otro es muy superficial, me parece, como concepto de lo personal." I hope it helps! -
Thanks all - and particularly to Alicia for her very 'lucid' thoughts! I actually sent the translation using 'one of the most self-aware', my original choice. My editor has changed it to 'self-reflective', saying that 'the latter [self aware] seems a bit too weak for the sort of consciousness Sarlo ascribes to Rejtman' 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
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Thanks all - and particularly to Alicia for her very 'lucid' thoughts! I actually sent the translation using 'one of the most self-aware', my original choice. My editor has changed it to 'self-reflective', saying that 'the latter [self aware] seems a bit too weak for the sort of consciousness Sarlo ascribes to Rejtman'
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