Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

plano de monumentalização

English translation:

monumentalization‎ plan

Added to glossary by Claudio Mazotti
Mar 28, 2014 12:28
10 yrs ago
Portuguese term

plano de monumentalização

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Tourism & Travel Porto's tourism tour
Rua de Ceuta: A rua foi pensada desde o início do século XX, fazendo parte do plano de monumentalização do centro de Barry Parker.


This sentence is part of a tourism text about the city of Porto (Portugal), and it is intended to be read out loud for foreigners/tourists (who are generally British).
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Apr 3, 2014 16:20: Claudio Mazotti Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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monumentalization‎ plan

www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/monumentalization‎
Monumentalization definition, to establish an enduring memorial or record of. See more.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mario Freitas :
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tks a lot!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I thought about that option, but I think it still remains "too portuguese", you know what I mean? But thank you for your input =)"
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monumentalizing plan; memorializing plan

monumentalizing (present participle form of monumentalize)

. Monumentalising, memorialising [British]




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Note added at 4 horas (2014-03-28 17:16:35 GMT)
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Outras referências: http://www.memidex.com/monumentalizing
Example sentence:

De Certeau's (1988) concept of 'the writing of history' is also relevant here, as is Taussig's (2004) undermining of monumentalizing notions.

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(it was part of Barry parker's plan) to erect monuments

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I'm British, and 'monumentalization' would confuse me, even if it was pronounced correctly...
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Thank you, that was helpful! I was thinking about writing something along those lines. =)
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agree Elenice Brasseland
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