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Jogos Corporais

English translation: Physical Play

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Portuguese term or phrase:Jogos Corporais
English translation:Physical Play
Entered by: Daniel Olsson

02:54 Jul 1, 2019
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Education / Pedagogy / Performing Arts, Somatics
Portuguese term or phrase: Jogos Corporais
It is the name of an artistic discipline with applications in the area of health.
The whole name is:Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu em Conscientização do Movimento
e Jogos Corporais
It is in the context of a department for higher education in dance studies and somatic practices.
Brazilian Portuguese. Target audience: students and professionals in performing arts and health practices.
I am considering the translation "corporeal play", but I am not really convinced by that.
Knowing this discipline, I can say that the wording "jogos" was chosen to denote the idea
of playfulness, like children play. I want to avoid the other possible denotation "games", which associates with
competition and manipulation: playing games, a game of football.

I don't know if this is possible, but I am looking for a translation that transmits the idea
that it is about playfulness, rather than about winning.

Thanks.
Daniel Olsson
Local time: 18:44
Physical Play
Explanation:
I think "physical" is a more common term for "corporal" in English. "Physical play" is a common term in the area of motor skill development and physiotherapy.
Selected response from:

Marjolein Snippe
Netherlands
Local time: 23:44
Grading comment
Yes, it is actually an academic discipline: https://www.journalofplay.org/issues/1/1/article/play-theory-personal-journey-and-new-thoughts.
I knew there was Game theory, and there is also Play Theory!
Thanks for the suggestion!.
D.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4Physical Play
Marjolein Snippe
3corporal games
Lucas Felix dos Santos
3corporal expression/bodily expression
Aline Amorim
3Body Playfulness
Livia Rosas
3 -1games of body language
Oliver Simões


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
corporal games


Explanation:
I found this reference, have a look. It's from a Brazilian university:

"The research was developed using two groups of adult collaborators participants that experienced different approaches of corporal games, and it allowed the application of the methodology in dance in two different contexts."

"A pesquisa foi desenvolvida utilizando-se dois grupos de participantes colaboradores adultos que experienciaram diferentes abordagens de jogos corporais e isto permitiu a aplicação da metodologia em dança em dois contextos diferentes."

http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/4036

Lucas Felix dos Santos
Brazil
Local time: 18:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you. The reason I opted for corporeal and not corporal is this article in Merriam-Webster dictionary : https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/corporal-and-corporeal-which-one-hurts-more So, corporeal games perhaps?

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Physical Play


Explanation:
I think "physical" is a more common term for "corporal" in English. "Physical play" is a common term in the area of motor skill development and physiotherapy.

Example sentence(s):
  • when you think about it, physical play is one of the most memorable aspects of childhood
  • Participation in physical play and leisure: developing a theory- and evidence-based intervention for children with motor impairments

    https://www.thegeniusofplay.org/genius/benefits-of-play/physical-skills.aspx#.XRnAKI9S-Uk
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219724/
Marjolein Snippe
Netherlands
Local time: 23:44
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Yes, it is actually an academic discipline: https://www.journalofplay.org/issues/1/1/article/play-theory-personal-journey-and-new-thoughts.
I knew there was Game theory, and there is also Play Theory!
Thanks for the suggestion!.
D.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adrian Minckley
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Adrian
agree  Richard Purdom
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Richard
agree  T o b i a s: https://books.google.com.br/books?id=qHF9DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT127&d...
2 days 5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tobias
agree  Margarida Ataide
9 days
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
jogos corporais
games of body language


Explanation:
Just a hunch, based on this explanation:

"Children can enter kindergarten from two years of age, following various formulas available : half days, one or two days per week, etc., according to the parents' wishes and the level of the child. The preschool objectives are the acquisition and development of abilities which prepare them for further learning. Thus, psychomotor games of body language, the use of children's songs in rounds, or chanted nursery rhymes develop the perception of rhythm and prepare for language. The premathematic initiation of algorithms, the selection or classification by forms, colors or quantities contribute to the development of logical operations as well as reading" (emphasis added). - https://bruckhof.pagesperso-orange.fr/ecole/fr_ecoleGB.html

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 14:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Richard Purdom: misquoted from the reference, not idiomatic
4 days
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
corporal expression/bodily expression


Explanation:
Maybe???

Aline Amorim
Brazil
Local time: 18:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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3 days 16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Body Playfulness


Explanation:
Considering the whole name of the course I might choose "Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu em Conscientização do Movimento e Jogos Corporais" into "Lato Sensu Post Graduation on Movement Awareness and Body Playfulness"

Livia Rosas
Brazil
Local time: 18:44
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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