Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

adaptar al cine

English translation:

adapt to film

Oct 11, 2001 02:00
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Spanish term

adaptar al cine

Spanish to English Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
ADAPTAR. Operación literaria que consiste en trasladar un texto original (como un cuento, una novela, una pieza teatral) al cine, mediante un guión literario adecuado al lenguaje de la pantalla (véase Tratamiento).

TRATAMIENTO. Desarrollo de la sinopsis en forma literaria, que da importancia a la estructura dramatica, a los momentos esenciales y a las articulaciones de la narracion.

Necesitio el equivalente inglés del primer término.

Muchas gracias a todos.

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adapt to film

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Novels that Kubrick Adapted to Film
Kubrick Multimedia Film Guide. Kubrick Print References:
Novels Kubrick Adapted to Film. The ...
www.indelibleinc.com/kubrick/skprint/novels.html - 3k - Cached - Similar pages

Kurt Vonnegut
... version published Off-Broadway as Happy Birthday, Wanda June, 1970-1971. Adapted
to film 1971; produced by Lester Goldsmith and directed by Mark Robson. ...
www.duke.edu/~crh4/vonnegut/plays.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

AFI: RICHARD III IN FILM HISTORY
... IN FILM AND TELEVISION HISTORY. No author in history has had more works adapted
to film and television than William Shakespeare. Since the beginning of cinema ...
www.afionline.org/archive/films/richard3/richard3.history.h...

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agree Nikki Graham
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agree eilema (X)
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agree Consult Couture : I completely agree. Good luck!
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adaptation

the process that consists of changing the form of a literary piece into another form (called "transmedia" in post-modern art). We talk of adaptation to theatre, film, or even the adaptation of a novel into a shorter literary piece.
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agree Jesús Paredes
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adapt to the movies

Como lo diria
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screen adapted // screen played

Creo que lo he visto traducido de esta forma en la TV...

Espero te ayude.
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adapted for the screen by ...

In this sense, screen meaning the motion picture industry. Hope it helps! Sery
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