Jul 9, 2008 14:05
16 yrs ago
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French term
prendre son ampleur
French to English
Art/Literary
Music
VJing
Again from the article on VJing. I'm having some difficulty translating this phrase because I'm not sure what it refers to. At first I thought it referred to "la relation image/musique", in which case I would talk about the scope of the relationship, but then I began to wonder if it doesn't refer to "la notion de représentation" in which case I would talk about the fullness of meaning (??). Thanks in advance for your help.
La relation image/musique se situe donc actuellement d'une part sur la sphère de signification du terme image, d'autre part sur celle du terme musique et puis les correspondances et débordements entre les deux vis à vis de la notion de représentation. Elle *prend son ampleur* selon son contexte.
La relation image/musique se situe donc actuellement d'une part sur la sphère de signification du terme image, d'autre part sur celle du terme musique et puis les correspondances et débordements entre les deux vis à vis de la notion de représentation. Elle *prend son ampleur* selon son contexte.
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The extent of this relationship will depend upon the context.
Or another word for "relation", repeating what you used in the beginning of the paragraph.
or "is dependent on (the) context"
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-09 15:11:59 GMT)
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French doesn't like to repeat terms, whereas repetition is easily used for clarity in English.
or "is dependent on (the) context"
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-09 15:11:59 GMT)
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French doesn't like to repeat terms, whereas repetition is easily used for clarity in English.
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Comment: "Thanks for all the suggestions - points go to Vaughn for answering my specific question about the reference of the pronoun. Cheers."
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scope - more in explanation
"Its scope extends (or develops) according to context."
Just a suggestion.
Just a suggestion.
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(to find its level) it finds its level
Not sure if this quite fits, but will post anyway!
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Note added at 14 mins (2008-07-09 14:19:40 GMT)
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meaning it finds its level according to the context
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Note added at 14 mins (2008-07-09 14:19:40 GMT)
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meaning it finds its level according to the context
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Its force/resonance will depend on the context
In other words, how resonant the signification of the terms and their inter-relationship might be.
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