planteamiento
I'm reading a column from La Prensa. The last paragaph is as follows: Y rematen este segmento con el planteamiento "¿Podría haber un espectaculo tan grande como la de ......"
Although I've looked the definition up in the dictionary, I don't feel comfortable that I well understand the narrow meaning which seems to be intended.
13 Answers
Ken Smith said:
Lazarus and James. OK guys. I'm satisfied you've both have it well nailed. Just thinking about the word a bit and I wonder if its etymology - which I know nothing about, but maybe you do - could be a combination of "plantar" and "mente" Seems like that could be taken to mean "mind planting" or something similar. One could possibly "create" a verb something like "plantamentar" meaning to "plant in mind" The conclusions we've reached about it in this noun form seems to mean something quite close.
The "miento" part has nothing to do with "mente". It's like "nacimiento" or "conocimiento" and just means the "act of doing ...".
James Santiago said:
No, you're barking up the wrong tree. The noun planteamiento is formed by the standard method from the verb plantear, one of whose meanings is to propose (proponer). So it is literally "a proposing."
Gracias a todos. Creo que ahora podemos poner esta tema en la estancia. ¿Están Uds. de acuerdo'
No, you're barking up the wrong tree. The noun planteamiento is formed by the standard method from the verb plantear, one of whose meanings is to propose (proponer). So it is literally "a proposing."
Lazarus and James. OK guys. I'm satisfied you've both have it well nailed. Just thinking about the word a bit and I wonder if its etymology - which I know nothing about, but maybe you do - could be a combination of "plantar" and "mente" Seems like that could be taken to mean "mind planting" or something similar. One could possibly "create" a verb something like "plantamentar" meaning to "plant in mind" The conclusions we've reached about it in this noun form seems to mean something quite close.
Ken, if it was rematan rather than rematen (as in your original post), that, along with your additional context, makes the meaning a lot more clear. "And they cap this segment..."
And I like samdie's suggestion of "pondering," which nicely captures the feel of the Spanish. Other candidates would be "by posing the question" and "by positing the question."
"Pondering the question" seems closer to the original, I'd say.
James Santiago said:
Here's my version:
And let us cap this segment with the question, "Could there be a show as big as that of...
In that case (and borrowing from both Lazarus and James), How about: "cap this segment by pondering the question ..."
James S. Thanks for your response - including notice of my failure to accent "espectáculo." Usted tiene la razón como siempre. I see now that I didn't provide adequate context. Starting with the "Y rematan" the author of the column was using indirect speech referring to something said by the authors of a "study" which he had previously been referring to and quoting. The question which followed was posed by the authors of the study and directly quoted by the columnist. Thanks again, I appreciate your regular input to the forum, not only on my efforts, but overall.
Here's my version:
And let us cap this segment with the question, "Could there be a show as big as that of..."
I realize that rematen is in the third person plural, but while the Spanish commands the readers to cap the segment, in English it sounds more natural for the writer to include himself as part of the subject. As for planteamiento, I believe that here it means "the posing of a question," which I have elected to express with the single word "question." I might tweak the translation if I had more context.
By the way, espectáculo takes an accent.
lazarus: I can't find an English word that expresses the idea either, but evidently, you are right about the intent of the Spanish. The question was (in other words) What do you think the outcome will be (concerning a potential social development over a period of time') Thanks, I was pretty sure I had the idea in hand, but the dictionary definitions didn't exactly confirm my opinion.
lazarus1907 said:
Here it is an presentation or an exposition of certain ideas or scenarios so that others can think about them, and potentially, give their opinion. I'm struggling to find one word in English to express this right now.
How about "approach" as in point of view or even "plan" as in idea.
Here it is an presentation or an exposition of certain ideas or scenarios so that others can think about them, and potentially, give their opinion. I'm struggling to find one word in English to express this right now.
This article seems to be telling the reader to "finish off the segment with a question [in mind]."
