Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
testemunham um descontrole à espreita
English translation:
witness a lurking lack of control
Added to glossary by
Marlene Curtis
May 8, 2012 01:32
12 yrs ago
Portuguese term
France
Por/Sp/Cat/Fr->En, IoLDipTrans, MACantab
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English, and 2 more.
testemunham um descontrole à espreita
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Essay on artist
Having trouble with how to phrase this, it appears in an essay on artist Adriana Conti Melo. To UK English. Thanks for your help!
Conti Melo, então, lida com o racional, o planejado e o sedutor, para, a seguir, quebrar expectativas que buscam o mais harmônico. Seus espaços não exibem figuras humanas nem objetos e se configuram pouco habitáveis. São tipos de ambientes sci-fi, mas desprovidos da mobília vintage e de equipamentos ‘tecnológicos-modernos’ que ajudaram a celebrizar o status cult de filmes como 2001 – Uma Odisseia no Espaço (1968), de Stanley Kubrick. Entre passagens e labirintos, ***testemunham um descontrole à espreita***, que, no entanto, não explode.
Conti Melo, então, lida com o racional, o planejado e o sedutor, para, a seguir, quebrar expectativas que buscam o mais harmônico. Seus espaços não exibem figuras humanas nem objetos e se configuram pouco habitáveis. São tipos de ambientes sci-fi, mas desprovidos da mobília vintage e de equipamentos ‘tecnológicos-modernos’ que ajudaram a celebrizar o status cult de filmes como 2001 – Uma Odisseia no Espaço (1968), de Stanley Kubrick. Entre passagens e labirintos, ***testemunham um descontrole à espreita***, que, no entanto, não explode.
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May 13, 2012 19:53: Marlene Curtis Created KOG entry
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Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
&
English
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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witness a lurking lack of control
That's how I would put it...
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NataliaAnne
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Works in field
Brazil
Education, Contracts and Social Sciences
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English
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4
they bear witness to a lurking uncontrollability
Another option in keeping with the tone of an art text.
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Verginia Ophof
Belize
Belize
Native in English
Works in field
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
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show evidence of a lack of control/uncontrollability waiting to happen....
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