Mar 1, 2020 16:40
4 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Diseños aseñorados
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Marketing / Market Research
Estudio de mercado
Se habla de una crítica entre diseños innovadores vs. aseñorados. El producto es una línea de camionetas pickup.
Muchas gracias por su ayuda.
Muchas gracias por su ayuda.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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17 hrs
Selected
would-be classic designs
Adapted from Lydia's suggestion, but slightly less informal. This could be an option... or maybe "faux classic designs"...
Example sentence:
So why, they ask, does today's state-of-the-art engineering need to be wrapped in a faux-classic design,
America's automakers adopted so many unnecessary faux-classic design touches...
Reference:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/would-be
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/would-be
Peer comment(s):
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patinba
: "innovative vs classic" without the "would-be" conveys the idea well I think.
4 hrs
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No sé. Me parece que hay que dejar un matiz de "quiere pero no puede" (aseñorado vs señorial)...
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agree |
Marian Vieyra
: Would-be classics, without designs.
1 day 9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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15 mins
old-fashioned
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old-fashiones style
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old-fashiones style
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Lydia De Jorge
: Nada que ver. Aseñorado/da: adj. Dicho de una persona ordinaria: Que imita los modales del señor.
26 mins
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12 mins
Staid designs
The idea of "aseñorado" is that they're classic but kind of dull and old-fashioned.
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" The industry is typified by staid design, slow iteration, high cost, and boxy, performance-led computers that can be about the size of an undergrad’s dorm room refrigerator."
https://www.fastcompany.com/1834440/hp-innovates-staid-works...
"It is amazing that the unibody structure of the Mustang sprouted from the Ford Falcon, a somewhat staid design of the late 1950s."
https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=WZ9bF45s1cMC&pg=PA24&lp...
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" The industry is typified by staid design, slow iteration, high cost, and boxy, performance-led computers that can be about the size of an undergrad’s dorm room refrigerator."
https://www.fastcompany.com/1834440/hp-innovates-staid-works...
"It is amazing that the unibody structure of the Mustang sprouted from the Ford Falcon, a somewhat staid design of the late 1950s."
https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=WZ9bF45s1cMC&pg=PA24&lp...
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40 mins
wannabe classic
aseñorado, da
Dicho de una persona ordinaria: Que imita los modales del señor.
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Also, pretentious design.
Dicho de una persona ordinaria: Que imita los modales del señor.
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Also, pretentious design.
Peer comment(s):
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neilmac
: "Wannabe" is very informal (but could work), but I find 'pretentious' rather judgemental.
17 hrs
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You could be right! Thanks!
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3 hrs
snobbish/with seniority designes
My dictionary registers: Aseñorado/a. lordly, pompous, snobbish, affecting superiority.
So for a car I would suggest:
http://zh.trekearth.com/gallery/photo1559711.htm
or
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/junior-with-seniority-...
So for a car I would suggest:
http://zh.trekearth.com/gallery/photo1559711.htm
or
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/junior-with-seniority-...
Discussion
I, for one, have never heard it used in the sense you've described (pretentious) here in Mexico.