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high and crippling wakes

Portuguese translation: caminhos estreitos e asfixiantes

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English term or phrase:high and crippling wakes
Portuguese translation:caminhos estreitos e asfixiantes

17:25 Oct 18, 2016
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Social Sciences - History / Scientific Journal
English term or phrase: high and crippling wakes
Trata-se da descrição do monumento às vítimas do nazismo concebido por Peter Eisemann.

The monument was placed near the Bundestag, the Tiergarten and Brandenburger Tor, a very central area of Berlin. There lays 2711 stele of different heights that are located next to each other, and have a small space between them, enough for a person to circulate there. This establishment offers a journey without beginnings or endings, where visitors get lost between high and crippling wakes. This overwhelming experience creates an atmosphere where nothing is stable, which transmits a warning message. No inputs, outputs or a suggested route: the memorial is presented as an open space that promotes the visit of all those transiting the area. This openness has as counterpart a sense of closure: who is placed at its center, can lose sight of the exterior, since according to the perspective you have, the stele can become the only visible.
Fernando Santos
Brazil
Local time: 02:20
caminhos estreitos e asfixiantes
Explanation:

Como o original está problemático é importante visualizar também as imagens do monumento. Por isso inclui os links em três idiomas
"Wake" aqui parece derivado da palavra alemã "Weg"=caminho
stele -"stelae"- palavra que também aparece errada no texto.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denkmal_für_die_ermordeten_Jud...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_...
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_aos_Judeus_Mortos_da_...
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Danik 2014
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1caminhos estreitos e asfixiantes
Danik 2014
3despertares fortes e traumatizantes
Clauwolf
3acordar/despertar estonteante/paralisado
latropicana (X)


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high and crippling ways
caminhos estreitos e asfixiantes


Explanation:

Como o original está problemático é importante visualizar também as imagens do monumento. Por isso inclui os links em três idiomas
"Wake" aqui parece derivado da palavra alemã "Weg"=caminho
stele -"stelae"- palavra que também aparece errada no texto.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denkmal_für_die_ermordeten_Jud...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_...
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_aos_Judeus_Mortos_da_...

Danik 2014
Brazil
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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despertares fortes e traumatizantes


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Clauwolf
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acordar/despertar estonteante/paralisado


Explanation:
high crippling wake é uma forma de acordar tonto,incapacitado,nefasto ou paralisado quase como sob o efeito de drogas/inerte, incapaz de reagir, um acordar estonteante que não nos permite reacção,


    Reference: http://pt.bab.la/dicionario/ingles-portugues/crippling
    Reference: http://pt.bab.la/dicionario/ingles-portugues/wake
latropicana (X)
Portugal
Local time: 06:20
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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