"rescatar"

Question

I've looked at the definition for "rescatar" on this site, and none of the definitions seem fit in the context of the following sentence, which comes from an article titled "La orquesta reciclada":

"El documental rescata esta historia de un grupo de gente que transforma basura en instrumentos, pero trata sobre todos los temas del amor, el coraje y la creatividad."

The provided definitions such as Rescue, recover, regain, take back, etc.make some sense but make for quite awkward translations. Other words that seem to make sense in this particular context might possibly be "revive,"retell," "explores," or "dweleves into." What do others think?

Maybe it is the sense of "rescues from oblivion"? - bosquederoble, Aug 4, 2015

Answer 1

I think being used in the sense of

1. tr. Recuperar para su uso algún objeto que se tenía olvidado, estropeado o perdido. (rae.es)

(Recover something that had been lost or forgotten.)

So I agree with bosquederobi, "rescues from oblivion" or you could say something along the lines of, this documentary brings to light the story of.....

Thanks for helping. To do any corrections you need to tell us what your level of Spanish is. - rac1, Aug 4, 2015

that'it! "BRINGS TO LIGHT." I understand the sense "rescatar" as rescuing, as in rescuing something from oblivion, but I just could not come up with the word or phrase in English. Brings to light, I think, comes closest. Thanks, and thanks to Bosquederobl - malbecblend, Aug 4, 2015

Answer 2

Here is another sentence I came across in an article from Think Spanish about a Spanish writer, Ana María Matute:

En una de sus últimas entrevistas, un periodista rescata deliciosas imágenes de la personalidad de Matute.

Here "rescata" is translated as "saves." However, that translation really doesn't fit. Maybe a betters translation is "brings to light"?