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English translation: portrait of the street in times of crisis

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Spanish term or phrase:	retrato de la calle en tiempos de crisis
English translation:	portrait of the street in times of crisis
Entered by:	Jenni Lukac

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19:09 Jul 14, 2011

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Spanish term or phrase: retrato de la calle en tiempos de crisis

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What would be a good translation for retrato de la calle en tiempos de crisis

El resultado de este retrato de la calle en tiempos de crisis ha superado sus previsiones más optimistas.

The sentence refers to the success of an internet series.

Thanks

translation1201

portrait of the street in times of crisis

Explanation:
This Internet series is interesting (if it's the one produced by some young guys in Seville and picked up on the "Sexta"). I think that the "retrato de la calle" here is a reference to a photographic genre called "street portrait", part of "street photography". That's the style of the series. If you Google "street portrait" you'll get descriptions and a lot of images.

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Jenni Lukac
Local time: 07:30

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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

picture/portrait of the public in times of crisis

Michael Powers (PhD)

4 +1

portrait of the street in times of crisis

Jenni Lukac

depiction of the masses in times of crisis

Terri L. Myers

view from the street at a time of crisis

Lindsay Spratt

window on the street in times of crisis

James A. Walsh

a depiction of hard times on the streets

anademahomar

a portrait of the man in street/ordinary people at a time of crisis

Simon Bruni

Discussion entries: 1

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

picture/portrait of the public in times of crisis

Explanation:
Given the context it seems to be referring to those watcing the internet series (public) and instead of portrait, it may be a snapshot or picture of them

Mike

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 01:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 86

1 hr confidence:

a portrait of the man in street/ordinary people at a time of crisis

Explanation:
More context really is needed though; it might literally refer to a particular street itself rather people.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-07-14 20:40:05 GMT)
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or a portrait of everyday life

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

portrait of the street in times of crisis

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 07:30
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

3 hrs confidence:

retrato de la calle en tiempos de crisis window on the street in times of crisis

Explanation:
This might work I reckon...

Example sentence(s):

“El resultado de este retrato de la calle en tiempos de crisis ha...”
"The result of this window on the street in times of crisis has…"

Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=&q=%22window+on+the+street...

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 07:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

4 hrs confidence:

view from the street at a time of crisis

Explanation:
i.e. the average person's view of the crisis.

Lindsay Spratt
Local time: 02:30
Native speaker of:

English

17 hrs confidence:

depiction of the masses in times of crisis

Explanation:
I really don't care for the use of public here - in the US public is used more often as an adjective than a noun, and there are better words to describe the general public: multitude, masses, populace, ordinary life/people

Terri L. Myers
United States
Local time: 01:30
Native speaker of:

English

1 day4 hrs confidence:

a depiction of hard times on the streets

Explanation:
Cuando veo "calle", no sé porqué solo se me viene a la mente la palabra "streets" que se usan en los programas de detectives y pandillas. Talvez solo soy yo.......

anademahomar
Honduras
Local time: 23:30
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

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Changes made by editors

Jul 19, 2011 - Changes made by Jenni Lukac:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Jul 14, 2011 - Changes made by Beatriz Ramírez de Haro:
Language pair	English to Spanish => Spanish to English

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