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fine art of small talk

Spanish translation: el arte del palique/de conversar/parlotear/del parloteo

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English term or phrase:fine art of small talk
Spanish translation:el arte del palique/de conversar/parlotear/del parloteo
Entered by: Noni Gilbert Riley

14:02 Jul 10, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Other
English term or phrase: fine art of small talk
gracias!
nuno valls
Local time: 11:35
el arte del palique/de conversar/parlotear/del parloteo
Explanation:
I've tried a number of adjectives with "arte" and none satisfies - they don't seem to collocate right, so I've opted to omit.
In theory, charlar should be an option, but I'm not keen. Connotations don't feel right.
Selected response from:

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 16:35
Grading comment
el arte de conversar
gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7el refinado arte de la conversación trivial
Elizabeth Ardans
3 +2el arte del palique/de conversar/parlotear/del parloteo
Noni Gilbert Riley
4 +1el refinado arte de la conversacion sin trascendencia
Lydia De Jorge


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
el refinado arte de la conversación trivial


Explanation:
una sug. sin más contexto...

Elizabeth Ardans
Uruguay
Local time: 11:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jesús Marín Mateos: Suena bien....
2 mins
  -> gracias Jesús!
agree  Ximena P. Aguilar
3 mins
  -> gracias!
agree  Sp-EnTranslator: mismo que pensé ;-)
29 mins
  -> gracias!
agree  Florencia Di Bello
1 hr
  -> gracias!
agree  Cándida Artime Peñeñori
2 hrs
  -> gracias Cándida!
agree  Maria Agustini
5 hrs
  -> gracias!
agree  Silvia Brandon-Pérez
11 hrs
  -> gracias!
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
el arte del palique/de conversar/parlotear/del parloteo


Explanation:
I've tried a number of adjectives with "arte" and none satisfies - they don't seem to collocate right, so I've opted to omit.
In theory, charlar should be an option, but I'm not keen. Connotations don't feel right.

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 16:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 110
Grading comment
el arte de conversar
gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Salloz: Me encanta "el arte del palique". Ojalá funcione en el contexto, que no conocemos.
42 mins
  -> A ver si nos podemos enterar...
agree  Cándida Artime Peñeñori: Con el condiciomamiento del contexto que señalara Salloz también me parece muy bien "el arte del palique".
1 hr
  -> Claro, sin contexto....
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
el refinado arte de la conversacion sin trascendencia


Explanation:
small-talk = conversación sin trascendencia

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 09:35
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 284

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo González: sin más contexto, me quedo con ésta (que me queda bien para una tradu que estoy haciendo ahora mismo) / saludos, Lydia :-)
4 days
  -> pues me alegra mucho que te sirva! saludos Marcelo!
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