Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
pedacillos de boj
English translation:
little boxwood bobbins
Added to glossary by
chica nueva
May 14, 2011 20:55
13 yrs ago
Spanish term
http://youtube/iraVWQu3Zf8
Native in: English (Variants: New Zealand, British)
Works in: Chinese to English
pedacillos de boj, hacía saltar los pedacillos de boj entre sus dedos
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
textiles
Sentada junto a los cristales, con la almohadilla de hacer encaje apoyada en una madera de balcón, hacía saltar los pedacillos de boj entre sus dedos. (Águeda, Pío Baroja 1872-1956)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | the little boxwood bobbins flew (in and out) between her fingers |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 3 | bits of box(wood), causing the bits of box to jump between her fingers |
patricia scott
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Change log
May 17, 2011 21:42: Jenni Lukac (X) Created KOG entry
May 17, 2011 21:48: chica nueva changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1096129">Jenni Lukac (X)'s</a> old entry - "pedacillos de boj, hacía saltar los pedacillos de boj entre sus dedos"" to ""the little boxwood bobbins flew (in and out) between her fingers""
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the little boxwood bobbins flew (in and out) between her fingers
The little pieces of boxwood are bobbins made of boxwood: Bobbins for lace making are made in various shapes and sizes, from a variety of materials, as walnut, rosewood, boxwood, and olive wood, glass, metal, ...
answers.encyclopedia.com/.../does-lace-making-bobbin-look-like-82088.html - En caché. She is working so quickly and deftly that the fly in and out between her fingers. Examples: "Now for our first lesson in lace-making," said Aunt Ursula when they had ... Helda to watch her aunt's nimble fingers fly around among the bobbins. ...
www.kellscraft.com/BelgianCousin/belgiancousin01.html - En caché; then the grandmother's withered fingers fly swiftly among the bobbins for ... When she married, Mrs. Williamson dropped her lace-making because the care of ... she could only sit at her pillow plying the bobbins with her stiff fingers ... and there who has only her lace pillow between her and the workhouse and ...
www.mkheritage.co.uk/wsc/docs/lacemaking.html - En caché
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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-05-15 09:20:02 GMT)
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It doesn't sound right in English to say that she made them fly between her fingers. One would have to torture the sentence and lose the poetry. If the bobbins are flying in and out between her fingers (among/amongst her fingers also would be wrong), we take it for granted that she is the force behind that action.
answers.encyclopedia.com/.../does-lace-making-bobbin-look-like-82088.html - En caché. She is working so quickly and deftly that the fly in and out between her fingers. Examples: "Now for our first lesson in lace-making," said Aunt Ursula when they had ... Helda to watch her aunt's nimble fingers fly around among the bobbins. ...
www.kellscraft.com/BelgianCousin/belgiancousin01.html - En caché; then the grandmother's withered fingers fly swiftly among the bobbins for ... When she married, Mrs. Williamson dropped her lace-making because the care of ... she could only sit at her pillow plying the bobbins with her stiff fingers ... and there who has only her lace pillow between her and the workhouse and ...
www.mkheritage.co.uk/wsc/docs/lacemaking.html - En caché
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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-05-15 09:20:02 GMT)
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It doesn't sound right in English to say that she made them fly between her fingers. One would have to torture the sentence and lose the poetry. If the bobbins are flying in and out between her fingers (among/amongst her fingers also would be wrong), we take it for granted that she is the force behind that action.
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bits of box(wood), causing the bits of box to jump between her fingers
The bits of box refer to the bobbins used for making bobbin lace, I imagine.
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bits of box, bits of box jumping in between her fingers.
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bits of box, bits of box jumping in between her fingers.
Discussion
http://www.proz.com/siterules/kudoz_answ/3.7#3.7
El encaje de bolillos es una técnica de encaje textil consistente en entretejer hilos que inicialmente están enrollados en bobinas, llamadas bolillos, para manejarlos mejor. A medida que progresa el trabajo, el tejido se sujeta mediante alfileres clavados en una almohadilla, que se llama "mundillo". El lugar de los alfileres normalmente viene determinado por un patrón de agujeritos en la almohadilla.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbin_lace
Bobbin lace is a lace textile made by braiding and twisting lengths of thread, which are wound on bobbins to manage them. As the work progresses, the weaving is held in place with pins set in a lace pillow, the placement of the pins usually determined by a pattern or pricking pinned on the pillow.
Bobbin lace is also known as pillow lace and bone lace, because early bobbins were made of bone[1] or ivory.