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A modo de sátira

English translation: As a parody

10:34 Mar 25, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: A modo de sátira
¿Cómo podría traducir al inglés la expresión "A modo de sátira"?
El contexto es el siguiente: A MODO DE SÁTIRA, another set of characters rehearse a version of the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe.
Gracias
rosevelvet
Spain
Local time: 17:04
English translation:As a parody
Explanation:
parody
ˈparədi/Enviar
noun
1.
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
"the film is a parody of the horror genre"
synonyms: satire, burlesque, lampoon, pastiche, caricature, take-off, skit, imitation, mockery; More
verb
1.
produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).
"his speciality was parodying schoolgirl fiction"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody

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The verb "parodiar" exists in Spanish, but I don't think it's as widely used as in English.

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PS (and as a noun).

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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2016-03-27 10:12:57 GMT)
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Another option: "In a spirit of parody", which, FWIW, gets 15,500 results in a Google search.

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NB: If we google "parody", the first synonym offered is "satire". I rest my case...
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 17:04
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4As a parody
neilmac
4 +1In satire form
Simon Bruni
4(the) Burlesque
DLyons
4in a travesty of (courtly entertainment)
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
3satirically / in a satirical manner
Adoración Bodoque Martínez


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
In satire form


Explanation:
It would be good to see the whole sentence in Spanish, but this should do it.

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:04
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or satirically.
3 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(the) Burlesque


Explanation:
This "lamentable comedy" isn't really a satire. It's more a "travesty", "ineptly performed" etc. "burlesque" seems appropriate.

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 16:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Karen Vincent-Jones (X): Burlesque now seems to mean a slightly risque cabaret. But I agree that it is not satirical in intent, merely lamentably performed.
3 days 7 hrs
  -> That's primarily a modern US usage.
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
satirically / in a satirical manner


Explanation:
That's how I understand it.

Adoración Bodoque Martínez
Ireland
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
As a parody


Explanation:
parody
ˈparədi/Enviar
noun
1.
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
"the film is a parody of the horror genre"
synonyms: satire, burlesque, lampoon, pastiche, caricature, take-off, skit, imitation, mockery; More
verb
1.
produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).
"his speciality was parodying schoolgirl fiction"

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-03-25 12:01:12 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-03-25 12:01:51 GMT)
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The verb "parodiar" exists in Spanish, but I don't think it's as widely used as in English.

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-03-25 12:02:23 GMT)
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PS (and as a noun).

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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2016-03-27 10:12:57 GMT)
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Another option: "In a spirit of parody", which, FWIW, gets 15,500 results in a Google search.

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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2016-03-27 10:14:20 GMT)
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NB: If we google "parody", the first synonym offered is "satire". I rest my case...

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 17:04
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 527
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrew Bramhall: That's it;
34 mins
agree  Phoenix III
42 mins
agree  eski: Quite. :))
1 hr
agree  Kim Edwards-Buarque
2 hrs
neutral  philgoddard: Satire can be parody, but the two aren't synonyms. Satire means criticism of human folly. If it says satire in Spanish, I think you should use the same word in English.
2 hrs
  -> In English perhaps, but is the notion of "satira" the same in English and Spanish? What passes for comedy in both cultures can be quite different.
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3 days 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in a travesty of (courtly entertainment)


Explanation:
Not having the entire sentence in Spanish, I am guessing here, but if this is Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' the local country bumpkins are putting on a version of the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe in front of the local bigwigs, in the palace of Theseus in Athens. But they are presenting their entertainment in good faith, they do not mean it to be a parable or satire, so I think travesty is the best word here. This probably means reorganising the sentence.

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Sorry, I meant 'parody or satire', not 'parable', which is something else altogether!


    Reference: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/midsummer/midsummer.5.1.html
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:04
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Native speaker of: English
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