Mar 30, 2008 19:14
16 yrs ago
5 viewers *
French term
approche intimiste
French to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
From the description of a 1930s documentary on life in the Shetland Islands.
At first I had this simply as "an intimate approach", but then all of a sudden I'm wondering if this approche isn't a type of film shot, perhaps one that starts off the coast and then moves in on the basketweaver.
Approche intimiste au large de l’Ecosse. Un peu voûté mais preste, le vieux Gédéon tresse un panier de paille. Du pur cinéma ethnographique des années 30.
L’homme fauche, enroule et tresse la paille avec agilité. La vannerie est minutieuse, sans fioritures, tout comme la réalisation de ce documentaire. Le vieux Gédéon se prête à l’œil de la caméra sans un regard, sans un mot.
At first I had this simply as "an intimate approach", but then all of a sudden I'm wondering if this approche isn't a type of film shot, perhaps one that starts off the coast and then moves in on the basketweaver.
Approche intimiste au large de l’Ecosse. Un peu voûté mais preste, le vieux Gédéon tresse un panier de paille. Du pur cinéma ethnographique des années 30.
L’homme fauche, enroule et tresse la paille avec agilité. La vannerie est minutieuse, sans fioritures, tout comme la réalisation de ce documentaire. Le vieux Gédéon se prête à l’œil de la caméra sans un regard, sans un mot.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+4
1 hr
Selected
close-up
close- up of life off the Scottish mainland
a microcosm
a microcosm
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This works really well, and sounds most natural to me. I have used "intimist" in specialized art texts, but don't feel it fits with the readership here, and agree with CMJ about the use of intimate. If I can get around it, I prefer to do so. Thanks very much to everyone for the help."
3 mins
close to (dialy) life
a clue
+5
5 mins
Intimist approach
Exists in Google also as "intimist" approach. Selon les cas.
You have to decide if you want inverted commas or not.
You have to decide if you want inverted commas or not.
Peer comment(s):
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Aude Sylvain
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6 mins
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Merci beaucoup!
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agree |
Gustavo Silva
15 mins
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agree |
Tony M
: Yes, it's not a special film technique, but rather a style in art. Cf R+C "un film intimiste : a film focusing on the private world of people's feelings and relationships"
36 mins
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Thanks a lot!
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agree |
Will Matter
42 mins
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Thanks a lot!
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agree |
Patrice
53 mins
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Thanks a lot!
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neutral |
CMJ_Trans (X)
: don't want to rain on your parade but while in French the expression works, in English, nobody would have the first idea what you were talking about
1 hr
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45 mins
A detailed approach/close,detailed approach
As when you approach someone closely to reveal intimate details
53 mins
focus on a private world (off Scotland)
Without any verb, the sentence has to serve as a title. At least that's how I read it.
+2
4 hrs
An intimate perspective on life (on the islands off mainland Scotland)
Been there, love it, my home.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Emma Paulay
7 hrs
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agree |
Tony M
: Sounds the best yet to my ears
8 hrs
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neutral |
CMJ_Trans (X)
: it's the word "intimate" that bothers me - in English it conveys other notions than in French
8 hrs
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