Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
juego intelectual
English translation:
intellectual play
Added to glossary by
eski
Apr 3, 2008 15:41
16 yrs ago
Spanish term
Argentina
Multilingual Experts
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, UK) 
Works in: English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish, and 12 more.
juego intelectual
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
review
This is from a review of an art exhibition:
...su obra...ha estado en equilibrio constante entre el juego intelectual y la sensualidad de unas superficies que tratan de ser bellas en sí mismas...
I run into this use of "juego" a lot and I always find it difficult. "Intellectual concerns" seems too stern...thanks!
...su obra...ha estado en equilibrio constante entre el juego intelectual y la sensualidad de unas superficies que tratan de ser bellas en sí mismas...
I run into this use of "juego" a lot and I always find it difficult. "Intellectual concerns" seems too stern...thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | intellectual play |
eski
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| 3 +4 | intellectual game/play/mindset |
Robert Copeland
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| 4 | intellectual treatment |
Bubo Coroman (X)
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| 3 | intellectual pursuit |
ormiston
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Change log
Jun 17, 2008 00:03: eski Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
4 hrs
Selected
intellectual play
The text refers to two chacteristics: "intellectual play" and "sensuality" ; the work being in constant balance between the two.
Example sentence:
"...his work...has been in constant equalibrium between intellectual play and the sensuality of..."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I ended up using this, though out of resignation...thanks "
+4
4 mins
Robert Copeland
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
Organized, Deadline-Oriented, Reliable
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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10
intellectual game/play/mindset
04festivalreport-
... whose penchant for portraits of lush sensuality both scandalized and provoked.
... the hidden secret in this intellectual game is harbored by a noted ...
www.interfilm-akademie.de/04festivalreports/festivalreports... diagonale.html - 22k - Similar pages
Tosca. Giacomo Puccini
sospiri la nostra casctta" acquires an unusual sensuality at a similarly ....
secure in his power, whose pursuit of Tosca is more cold, intellectual game ...
oq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/10/1/138.pdf - Similar pages
... whose penchant for portraits of lush sensuality both scandalized and provoked.
... the hidden secret in this intellectual game is harbored by a noted ...
www.interfilm-akademie.de/04festivalreports/festivalreports... diagonale.html - 22k - Similar pages
Tosca. Giacomo Puccini
sospiri la nostra casctta" acquires an unusual sensuality at a similarly ....
secure in his power, whose pursuit of Tosca is more cold, intellectual game ...
oq.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/10/1/138.pdf - Similar pages
Note from asker:
| I am not sure..intellectual game sounds almost sadistic as in "don´t play games with me"... |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Kate Major Patience
: yes, I think games is perfect. "His/her work represents a steady/even balance between intellectual/ mind games and sensuality...." Or something like that...:)
4 mins
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Thanks so much Kate-Have a great day!
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Natalia Fuentes
6 mins
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Many thanks Natalia!!!!!!
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Rosie Blagg (X)
: I agree with"intellectual game", and have seen this phrase in an art context: e.g. "Even when it is merely playful, as in an Escher print – which is truly a borderline case – it is more an intellectual game than a serious challenge."
8 mins
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Many thanks Rosie!!!!!
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Sandra Rodriguez
: intellectual play - is best, methinks...
1 hr
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16 mins
intellectual pursuit
might work, with the notion that it is an agreeable pastime...
4 hrs
intellectual treatment
it seems the writer is contrasting the artist's treatment of his subject via his mind or intellect, with his innate feeling for the surfaces which, as the writer points out, are beautiful in themselves (do not need treatment by the artist's intellect).
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