Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
articulación de la memoria
English translation:
expressing/articulating remembrance // retelling the past
Added to glossary by
Joshua Parker
Feb 15, 2018 20:33
6 yrs ago
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Spanish term
articulación de la memoria
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Article on massacres along Mexico's northern border:
"Una de las características de la guerra son los monumentos y los lugares que se erigen para conmemorar a sus víctimas. Es de esperarse que el proceso de *articulación de la memoria* y los esfuerzos sociales y políticos orientados al recuerdo y la no repetición, surjan una vez que ha terminado el conflicto (...)"
¿Qué entienden por "articulación" aquí?
I don't think articulation would fit in English. Integration? Orchestration? Connection?
Thank you.
Into U.S. English.
"Una de las características de la guerra son los monumentos y los lugares que se erigen para conmemorar a sus víctimas. Es de esperarse que el proceso de *articulación de la memoria* y los esfuerzos sociales y políticos orientados al recuerdo y la no repetición, surjan una vez que ha terminado el conflicto (...)"
¿Qué entienden por "articulación" aquí?
I don't think articulation would fit in English. Integration? Orchestration? Connection?
Thank you.
Into U.S. English.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | expressing/articulating remembrance // retelling the past |
Robert Carter
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| 3 | activation of memories |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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| 3 | exercise of memory |
Joss Heywood
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Proposed translations
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10 mins
Robert Carter
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
Translating full-time since 1998
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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36
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expressing/articulating remembrance // retelling the past
I believe the idea is "putting memory into words" or "giving expression to memory" here, probably because it's dangerous to do so while the violence is ongoing.
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Note added at 14 mins (2018-02-15 20:47:41 GMT)
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Sorry, forgot to mention, the sense of "articulación" here is that of uttering or pronouncing, rather than connecting or joining:
articular
3. tr. Pronunciar las palabras clara y distintamente.
4. tr. Producir los sonidos del habla.
http://dle.rae.es/?id=3r78MJV|3r7BQ0c
articulate
1.1 Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently.
‘they were unable to articulate their emotions’
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/articulate
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Note added at 14 mins (2018-02-15 20:47:41 GMT)
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Sorry, forgot to mention, the sense of "articulación" here is that of uttering or pronouncing, rather than connecting or joining:
articular
3. tr. Pronunciar las palabras clara y distintamente.
4. tr. Producir los sonidos del habla.
http://dle.rae.es/?id=3r78MJV|3r7BQ0c
articulate
1.1 Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently.
‘they were unable to articulate their emotions’
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/articulate
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: I think you could leave out "articulating/expressing".
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Thanks, Phil, I was trying to make the "expression" aspect explicit, but I guess "remembrance" could be construed as that too.
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Thanks, Muriel.
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Robert Forstag
: It seems to me that "articulación" has both of the senses you've noted here (i.e., "making sense of it all in a broad context" and then giving expression to the meaning that is the product of the reflection). "Expressing" or "giving expression to."
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Thanks, Robert.
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Iñaki Vega Bayo
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Thanks, Iñaki.
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Chema Nieto Castañón
: Articulating remembrance. I guess this might also convey the idea of putting something together in order to make it work... somehow
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Thanks, Saltasebes, saludos!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Robert. I hadn't considered the "pronouncing/uttering" aspect; your answer was really helpful. I went with "process by which memory is expressed", but the other options given here helped me for other similar sentences that came up in other parts of the article. Thanks again. Saludos "
29 mins
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
activation of memories
Not very literal, but I think that is what the source text means.
1 hr
exercise of memory
I'm not sure about "exercise", but I think "memory" in the singular should be part of the phrase. They are reflecting the reconciliation process in South Africa, where "sites of memory" have been set up, so that people do not forget the suffering they have been through in forming the nation. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission there was established expressly so that the memory of the apartheid years would not be lost.
Discussion
[From RAE: articular; construir algo combinando adecuadamente sus elementos]
In a way, it is a retelling of the past, as R. Carter says; or as Robert Forstag puts it, “making sense of it all in a broad context”.
And while I like articulating remembrance, I feel there might be something lacking there. For lack of a better word, maybe the process of articulation and construction of remembrance would feel somehow closer to the original idea –even though, if I were to guess, my own reading of the Spanish original is much closer to constructing, giving shape or framing than to simply expressing remembrance.
Maybe framing of remembrance or the process of framing remembrance might work here?
[From Merriam-Webster: frame; to construct by fitting and uniting the parts of the skeleton of (a structure)]