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Dec 14, 2005 22:51
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Spanish term

paso (in this context)

Spanish to English Marketing Tourism & Travel
I am trying to come up with a good translation for "paso" in connection with Holy Week processions. "Float" is often used but the register just isn't right. One suggestion was "image", but the text refers to "imágenes" separately.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 "paso"
5 +1 religious float
4 the Stations of the Cross
3 religious pageant
3 -2 pennant

Discussion

Chelin Dec 14, 2005:
OK, I stand by my answer - the Stations of the Cross
Daniel Burns (X) (asker) Dec 14, 2005:
The text speaks of Holy Week in Almer�a, Spain, which has been
"....declarada de inter�s tur�stico nacional debido a la majestuosidad y riqueza de sus PASOS, al valor art�stico de las im�genes, por la competencia entre las hermandades por su organisaci�n de tipo levantino."
swisstell Dec 14, 2005:
I support Chelin's request 100%
Chelin Dec 14, 2005:
Can you cite the sentence where the word is used?

Proposed translations

+7
34 mins
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"paso"

I would leave the term in Spanish with an explanation, eg:

The Pasos or processional scenes of Holy Week. There is no single translation or
interpretation for the term "paso". According to some researchers, ...
museoescultura.mcu.es/coleccion/obras/pasos_ss_en.html

Throughout Spain Semana Santa, or Holy Week, is characterized by deep religious
... Pasos, or large platforms with life-sized sculptured images portraying ...
www.sacred-texts.com/etc/fwe/fwe12.htm



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Note added at 36 mins (2005-12-14 23:27:50 GMT)
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The Holy Week in the Costa Blanca is a first-rate cultural offer for the spectacular "pasos" (platforms bearing sculptured scenes from the Passion of Christ ...
www.costablanca.org/spa/boletin/mar02/eng/boletin001en.asp

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Note added at 49 mins (2005-12-14 23:40:32 GMT)
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I know you don't like 'float', but what about 'religious float'?

There are over 100 pasos, religious floats carried th hspace=5 rough the city streets, from different Catholic churches within the city. ...
www.discoversevilla.com/default3.php?hit=5&id=104

Peer comment(s):
agree Soledad Caño
5 mins
agree Kim Metzger : I think processional scene works nicely. http://web.archive.org/web/20041105062307/http://www.mne.es/...
2 hrs
agree Georges Tocco
2 hrs
agree Carla Monticelli
3 hrs
agree tazdog (X) : ...but not float, please, not even a religious one :-)
5 hrs
agree Chris Williams : yes leave it ;O)
17 hrs
agree Idoia Echenique : 'Paso' and the explanation of processional scene will do :-)
18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everyone. "Processional scene" is the best suggestion for a parenthetical insertion that I have come across."
4 mins

the Stations of the Cross

I think this may be it (but I still would like to see a sentence...)
Peer comment(s):
neutral Margaret Schroeder : I wanted to agree, but the description in the sacred-texts.com reference includes more scenes than those in the Stations (e.g. praying in Gethsemene).
45 mins
neutral tazdog (X) : not necessarily, some pasos are of the Virgin Mary, e.g., like la Macarena--see http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/spain/seville/macarena/ro...
5 hrs
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-2
24 mins

pennant

yo creo que no son las estaciones de la cruz, y lo de Float suena mas a corroza, por eso propongo pennant

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Note added at 25 mins (2005-12-14 23:16:49 GMT)
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ahi se puede ver una foto de un paso
http://www.almeriacofrade.com/domingoramos.php
Peer comment(s):
disagree tazdog (X) : pennants are flags; pasos are platforms holding religious statues. See http://www.exaltacion.net/Fotografias/Imagenes/ELEVACION_PAS... for a good photo of a paso.
5 hrs
disagree Chris Williams : not pennants
17 hrs
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1 hr

religious pageant

since pageant nowadays seems to be used mostly for beauty contests and the likes, it would here be necessary to combine the word with religious. As "religious pageant" you will find a considerable number of Google hits.
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+1
1 day 6 hrs

religious float

HTH

Religious float graces parade. "Christmas Story" entry a first for event. By Manny
Gonzales Denver Post Staff Writer DenverPost.com ...
www.denverpost.com/portlet/article/ html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=3274286 - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

Media Matters -
While it's true that Denver's annual "Parade of Lights," held December 3-4, chose
not to include the Faith Bible Church's religious float, the Downtown ...
mediamatters.org/items/email/200412100006 - 17k - Cached - Similar pages

Rocky Mountain News: Local
But a local church, Faith Bible Chapel, reached an agreement with the organizers
to add a religious float and a choir. Judging from the crowd's reaction ...
www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/ local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4286423,00.html
Peer comment(s):
agree trans2110 : The paso, a sort of parade float about the size (and weight) of a small car, is carried on the backs of about 30 or 40 men concealed underneath. The procession moves agonizingly slowly as the float has to be set down every 10 minutes or so to let the carr
105 days
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