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historia lineal

English translation: linear storyline

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Spanish term or phrase:historia lineal
English translation:linear storyline
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

02:11 Jul 1, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: historia lineal
Hablando de el argumento de una película, la historia es muy lineal (queriendo significar muy simple)

Gracias
natipellati
linear storyline
Explanation:
HTH
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 15:54
Grading comment
thanks a million!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2linear storyline
Barbara Cochran, MFA
5 +1linear plot
Andrew Bowden
5linear history
Henry Hinds
5linear story
Cesar Serrano
4 +1simple storyline
John Rawlins
4linear story
Natalia Pedrosa (X)


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
linear history


Explanation:
¿Qué más?

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 13:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 714
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
linear story


Explanation:
Or also if you don't want to be so literal "straightforward story". ;)

Natalia Pedrosa (X)
Local time: 21:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
linear story


Explanation:
15 Jun 2001 ... Turning a Linear Story into a Game: The Missing Link between Fiction ... for designing games that capture the look and feel of the cinema. ...
www.gamasutra.com/features/.../luban_01.htm

Some are simply one linear story with flashback scenes to another story or time. .... The cinema section of our Bibliography includes complete citations for ...
www.philobiblon.com/isitabook/cinema/

Cesar Serrano
United States
Local time: 12:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
linear storyline


Explanation:
HTH

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 15:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
thanks a million!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: KIS
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, neilmac.
agree  John Rawlins: thanks Neil!
6 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot, John.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
linear plot


Explanation:
The story of a film is called a plot (see below). So, linear plot.

plot |plät|
noun
2 the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

Example sentence(s):
  • frustrated by film that dares to step outside the linear plot and paint-by-numbers formula.
Andrew Bowden
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julie Waddington
1 day 9 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
simple storyline


Explanation:
This seems the simplest translation.


    Reference: http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/ky/2009/23/articles/hangover...
    Reference: http://www.montanaheritageproject.org/index.php/MichaelUmphr...
John Rawlins
Spain
Local time: 21:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: simple = linear in this case. KIS :)
1 hr
  -> thanks Neil!
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