Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

por efecto

English translation:

, for effect, [framed by commas]

Added to glossary by Yvonne Becker
Nov 5, 2005 03:21
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term

por efecto

Spanish to English Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
En un guión de cine o TV:

"LA IMAGEN SE CONGELA, **POR EFECTO** SE ESCUCHA EL OBTURADOR DE UNA CÁMARA FOTOGRÁFICA Y, LUEGO LOS VEMOS ALEJARSE COMO SI FUESEN FOTOS QUE ESTÁ TOMANDO UN TERCERO QUE LOS SIGUE."

De nuevo, perdón por las mayúsculas
Proposed translations (English)
3 +6 , for effect, [framed by commas]

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, for effect, [framed by commas]

... bunk beds, crude cooking stoves, dummies outfitted in guerrilla garb and**, for
effect,** the occasional live person to give an authentic touch. ...
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Movie review of the film Return of the Jedi starring Harrison Ford, ... and **a few surprises thrown in for effect**. The ending is also a complete 180 degree ...
www.joblo.com/returnofthejedi.htm

The opacity and color was changed a little **for effect**. The torpedo (ie. the Genesis
Device) was just a red superquadric. The opacity was half in order to ...
instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/cs418-land/ FinalProjects/cs418/1997/Stowe.Futrick.1997.Genesis.html



Therefore, since devices such as consonance and alliteration, rhyme and meter
have been used by the poet **for effect,** the reader must stop and consider what ...
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... the depth and breadth of the flutes were varied endlessly **for effect**.
The translucence and fine grain of the marble used in the most important buildings ...
www.crystalinks.com/greekarchitecture.html

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Add "and" in front: "The image freezes, **and, for effect,** we hear...

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Or just: "Freeze. For effect, we hear..."
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