Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

un mercado solicitado apenas

English translation:

(a market) that demands only works of art for hanging on the walls...

Added to glossary by Marlene Curtis
Apr 2, 2010 21:12
14 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

un mercado solicitado apenas

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
"Ainda presa à noção de espectáculo, X, excedidos já na sua obra os quadros do quadro, é também um dos poucos artistas portugueses conscientemente dados a uma investigação vanguardista. Coragem é o que ela tem, e que nós devemos ajudar, porque as solicitações de **um mercado solicitado apenas** (e provincianamente) para a obra-que-se-pendura-nas-paredes são mesmo muito grandes."

I am finding 'solicitado' and 'apenas' tricky here. The sense I am getting from this sentence is that the market demands traditional paintings which can be hung on the wall, which this artist does not produce. But I am struggling rendering this structure in English. All help appreciated.

thanks
Change log

Apr 8, 2010 10:37: Marlene Curtis Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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(a market) that demands only works of art for hanging on the walls...

That's how I read your context.

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Note added at 12 hrs (2010-04-03 09:32:30 GMT)
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I think the sentence is poorly phrased in Portuguese (the use of . "solicitações" and "solicitado"). The literal translation would be "the demands from a market that only demands works of art for hanging on the walls". "The demands from a market for works of art for hanging on the wall are very big" (another suggestion)." will also do.
Note from asker:
how would you cope with the solicitações/solicitado, Marlene? I understand that the market makes demands but am confused about the sense in which it is 'solicitado'. Thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thank you marlene"
16 mins

prompted only by one market sector (and locally)

my suggestion
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35 mins

a market only sought after by . . .


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