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Los territorios soñados

English translation: undreamed territories

11:27 May 24, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Installation artwork
Spanish term or phrase: Los territorios soñados
Good afternoon everyone.

I have to find a good translation for the title of an installation artwork.

"Los territorios soñados".

It represents a metaphor of our environment.

Territories dreamt of? Do you think this would be a good solution? Maybe too literal? Cherished territories?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,
Ana
Ana Lombao
Local time: 07:25
English translation:undreamed territories
Explanation:
The installation has already been christened this in English, and I think it works.

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-05-24 13:18:32 GMT)
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I don't think it is the opposite to the Spanish if you read it as "territories you would never even have dreamed of"
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 02:25
Grading comment
Hello everyone. Patinba was right. It had already been translated as "undreamed territories" and it is the title the exhibition hall the show is being displayed at is using. I'd rather go for "Dreamscapes" or "Dreamlands", but this is how they decided to name the show. Thank you so much for your help and time. Regards.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4dreamlands
maryblack
4dream territory
jude dabo
4undreamed territories
patinba
4Wishful Landscapes
Lisa Jane
3The territories of dreams / of your dreams
Noni Gilbert Riley
3Glimpse of a Promised Land
Robert Forstag


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dream territory


Explanation:
cheers

jude dabo
Local time: 06:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The territories of dreams / of your dreams


Explanation:
Since they've chosen to use the plural, I've stuck with it.

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 07:25
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
dreamlands


Explanation:
less literal, more literary?

maryblack
United States
Local time: 00:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Perfect!
50 mins
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: Aha! / And I very much like "dreamscapes" too.
1 hr
agree  James A. Walsh: I think your suggestion above of "dreamscapes" is even better - has a better ring to it.
1 hr
agree  andyfergu
2 hrs
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
undreamed territories


Explanation:
The installation has already been christened this in English, and I think it works.

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-05-24 13:18:32 GMT)
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I don't think it is the opposite to the Spanish if you read it as "territories you would never even have dreamed of"

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 02:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 81
Grading comment
Hello everyone. Patinba was right. It had already been translated as "undreamed territories" and it is the title the exhibition hall the show is being displayed at is using. I'd rather go for "Dreamscapes" or "Dreamlands", but this is how they decided to name the show. Thank you so much for your help and time. Regards.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: You haven't said who translated it this way, but it seems a bit odd to say the exact opposite of the Spanish.//Point taken, but they all appear to be from a single press release reproduced by lots of different sites - hence the use of lowercase letters.
19 mins
  -> If you Google the two words together there are some 800 references in English to the exhibition.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Glimpse of a Promised Land


Explanation:
Or:
Glimpse of Promised Lands

"Dreamlands" and "dreamscapes" strike me as having an ethereal and fairy-tale connotation that seems out of joint in the context of what appears to be an exploration of very real problems - and their possible solutions.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 01:25
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 134
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Wishful Landscapes


Explanation:
Here I feel the idea is how these landscapes should be in an ideal world. Wishful has this idea of something wished for and unlikely although not impossible or dreamlike.

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 07:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
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