Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

problematizar

English translation:

to question

Added to glossary by Electra Voulgari
Oct 13, 2010 17:09
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

problematizar

Spanish to English Social Sciences Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
No encuentro un término adecuado para “problematizar”. Se acerca a tratar / abordar algo críticamente.
“Las expectativas de encontrar y condenar a los responsables del asesinato de XX, han quedado en el pasado. La impotencia, palpable en la voz over de LL permite problematizar el prematuro cierre de esta historia.”
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Oct 16, 2010 17:47: Electra Voulgari Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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to question

...to question the premature closure...

To question: verb (used with object)
11.
to ask (someone) a question; ask questions of; interrogate.
12.
to ask or inquire.
13.
to make a question of; doubt: He questioned her sincerity.
14.
to challenge or dispute: She questioned the judge's authority in the case.
Example sentence:

It is necessary to question the closure of certain tracts in e.g. Europe and North.

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leads us to mull over the premature closure / gives us food for thought as to the premature closure

It seems to me that LL's voice is intended to set us thinking
Peer comment(s):

agree Laura Carrizo : Me gusta eso de "gives us food for thought"
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many thanks Laura, wishing you a pleasant weekend! - Deborah
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calls into question

calls into question the premature closing of this story...
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3 hrs

makes us question

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In 'Disgrace,' Animal Violence Makes Us Feel Disgraceful - Newsweek
30 Sep 2009 ... We are not reassured of our humanity because we are moved to tears over a dead dog; rather, **the film makes us question the** roots of all ...
www.newsweek.com/.../in-disgrace-animal-violence-makes-us-f... - Cached

Jaycee Dugard and Phillip Garrido make us question human nature ...
When a case like Jaycee Dugard's comes along, it **makes us question the** nature of human beings. How could one human being do that to another?
www.examiner.com/.../jaycee-dugard-and-phillip-garrido-make... -

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reason.cck.org.uk » Does the existence of evil and suffering in ...
10 Feb 2010... clear: the existence of evil in our world does not prove the absence of God, it merely **makes us question** why he allows such suffering. ...
reason.cck.org.uk/does-the-existence-of-evil-and-suffering-in-our-world-show-there-is-no-god/ -

[PDF]
Andy McNab FINAL
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
The book **makes us question** what is important in life. Do we live to work or work to live? How many of us get through our working days by fantasizing about ...
downloads.bbc.co.uk/raw/pdf/reads/greyman.pdf - Similar


Or a different angle:

"SOWS THE SEED OF DOUBT AS TO WHETHER THIS CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED""
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3 days 23 mins

(allows) doubts to surface (about)

Another suggestion.

I think it would work here and it deals with 'permite' too.
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