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La zona artesanal

English translation: The Artisan District


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Spanish term or phrase:La zona artesanal
English translation:The Artisan District
Entered by: Kathleen Misson
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12:34 May 21, 2009
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Spanish term or phrase: La zona artesanal
The traditional handcrafts area?... There must be something more stylish :-) Any travel writers out there today?

Neighbourhood and location details
El Born district

La zona artesanal

De bajada, perdeos por ese entramado de callejones sinuosos y estrechísimos, pero sin coches, por donde asoman los arcos, la ropa tendida y los grandes portalones, para descubrir a vuestro aire la animación de esas pequeñas tiendas, talleres artesanos y restaurantes de moda que llenan de un simpático bullicio las calles medievales:
Kathleen Misson
Local time: 21:12
Artisan District
Explanation:
Another shot, maybe more stylish...

Taken from Wikipedia...

An artisan (from Italian: artigiano) is a skilled manual worker who crafts items that may be functional or strictly decorative, including furniture, clothing, jewelry, household items, and tools. The term can also be used as an adjective to refer to the craft of hand making food products, such as bread, beverages and cheese.

Manufacture by hand and with hand tools imparts unique and individual qualities to artisanal products, in contrast to mass produced goods where every one is nearly identical. Artisans traditionally work in media such as wood, ceramics, glass, common and precious metals, basketry, textiles, esparto grass, and leather.

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Note added at 47 mins (2009-05-21 13:21:52 GMT)
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Ooooppppssss, thanks to the peers, they're right I forgot about the apostrophe.

Should read Artisans' District... Or Quarter...
Selected response from:

Gerard Jimenez
Dominican Republic
Local time: 15:12
Grading comment
Thank you all for your help! In the end, I went for 'The Artisan District'.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +12Artisan DistrictGerard Jimenez
4 +3arts and crafts areapatinba
4 +1The craftsman's quarter
Andrew Campbell
3handcrafts area/zone
Patricia Wild


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
handcrafts area/zone


Explanation:
handicrafts

Patricia Wild
Local time: 16:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your help!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  neilmac: Correspònde mas a "manualidades" que "artesania", existe un matiz.
20 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
arts and crafts area


Explanation:
SFGate - Arts and Crafts- Best of Mind & Body - The Bay Area - [ Traducir esta página ]
Find your favorite Arts and Crafts in The Bay Area. Search the Lifestyle for Arts and Crafts businesses, see photos, read reviews, watch video, ...
baylist.sfgate.com/lifestyle/shopping/arts-and-crafts?area=san-francisco%2Fdogpatch - 34k - En caché - Páginas similares
Islington arts and crafts - [ Traducir esta página ]
This is London Directory's Islington arts and crafts area. Listed below are a selection of top ceramics and pottery, metalcraft and candles Web sites and ...
www.londondirectory.co.uk/Islington/Shopping_and_Retail/Art... - 15k -

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 16:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your help!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  darwinista: If it's about Barcelona's El Borne, I'd go for this one.
1 hr

agree  argosys
2 hrs

agree  neilmac: Also good
20 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The craftsman's quarter


Explanation:
It depends on the city but I imagine this is similar to the Borne in Barcelona where the craftsmen of medieval guilds settled. Handcrafts or arts and crafts would be appropriate for modern cities and throwback crafts, but I suspect the source deals with a city rooted in the medieval period and so Craftsman would be more appropriate.

Andrew Campbell
Local time: 21:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your help!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Better option IMO than the one getting all the "agrees" so far :-)
48 mins
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +12
Artisan District


Explanation:
Another shot, maybe more stylish...

Taken from Wikipedia...

An artisan (from Italian: artigiano) is a skilled manual worker who crafts items that may be functional or strictly decorative, including furniture, clothing, jewelry, household items, and tools. The term can also be used as an adjective to refer to the craft of hand making food products, such as bread, beverages and cheese.

Manufacture by hand and with hand tools imparts unique and individual qualities to artisanal products, in contrast to mass produced goods where every one is nearly identical. Artisans traditionally work in media such as wood, ceramics, glass, common and precious metals, basketry, textiles, esparto grass, and leather.

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Note added at 47 mins (2009-05-21 13:21:52 GMT)
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Ooooppppssss, thanks to the peers, they're right I forgot about the apostrophe.

Should read Artisans' District... Or Quarter...


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artisan
Gerard Jimenez
Dominican Republic
Local time: 15:12
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you all for your help! In the end, I went for 'The Artisan District'.
Notes to answerer
Asker: I'm loving it :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathryn Litherland: I like this choice--or artisan's quarter
12 mins

agree  David Ronder: artisan´s quarter
17 mins

agree  Jessica Noyes: Nice! Or artisans' quarter. (Note apostrophe.)
27 mins

agree  WTSTranslations
29 mins

agree  Robert Copeland: Artisan's quarter
33 mins

agree  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
53 mins

agree  Patricia Rosas
2 hrs

agree  De Novi
2 hrs

agree  Rachel McRoberts
7 hrs

agree  Ivan Nieves
8 hrs

agree  Juan Carlos García
12 hrs

agree  K Donnelly
1 day2 hrs
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