English translation of "al acecho de la literatura" - "the only true, substantial problem besetting the writer (of prose)."

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148 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	al acecho de la literatura
Context:	Porque así es como he aprendido a relacionarme con el lenguaje. Que me parece el único...
Keywords:	...problema real, profundo y siempre al acecho de la literatura. No las historias ni la realidad of la ficción, sino la manipulación y la tensión del languaje. La voz.

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148 months ago

Vicki Santamaria wrote:

the only true, substantial problem besetting the writer (of prose).

My comment:

I agree with one of the other comments, that this section is really talking about the problems the writer has, not literature itself.

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148 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

requiring a constant watch

My comment:

My suggestion: ...language, which I consider to be the only real and profound literary problem, requiring a constant watch (or heed or attention), the core being language handling and tension rather than stories, reality or fiction.

148 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

...always ready to well up in literature.

My comment:

My humble suggestion.

148 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

Which I feel is the only real, deep and ever present problem in literature

148 months ago

Clara Fernández wrote:

stalking literature

My comment:

a problem that is always stalking literature

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

148 months ago

wrote:

That is what it means....but one wonders about sentence....because it is the writer that is being stalked, not literature. Personally, I would say: on the prowl in literature....

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