generalstabsmäßig fabrizierte Gesamtkunstwerk
English translation: orchestrated the Gesamtkunstwerk with military precision
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| 14:52 Jun 15, 2005 |
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| generalstabsmäßig fabrizierte Gesamtkunstwerk orchestrated ... as a gigantic work of art and media event Explanation: Just think of the way the court artists of the time orchestrated Louis the Fourteenth as a gigantic work of art and media event. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2005-06-15 15:05:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A note on your note: I can\'t think of a once-and-for-all equivalent for the word either (apart from bland translatorese like \"total work of art\"), but in every context the word (like most other \"untranslatable\" words) packs a message that we need to winkle out of its hiding place. |
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peer agreement (net): +1| generalstabsmäßig fabrizierte Gesamtkunstwerk a synthesis of the arts carried out in military precision Explanation: couple of Muret-Sanders entries thrown together.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2005-06-15 15:21:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Webster recognizes \"gesamtkunstwerk\" as a perfectly acceptable English term! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2005-06-15 15:22:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- OED for gesamtkunstwerk = \"In the æsthetic theory of Richard Wagner (1813–83), an ideal work of art in which drama, music, and other performing arts are integrated and each is subservient to the whole\" |
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| generalstabsmäßig fabrizierte Gesamtkunstwerk artificially constructed...like a military operation Explanation: ‘You only have to think of that Gesamtkunstwerk “Louis the Fourteenth”, artificially constructed by the court artists of the time almost as if they were conducting a military operation’ agree about Gesamtkunstwerk, plus a) the standard English renderings lack the force (and so, here, much of the irony) of the original and b) anybody who can handle this kind of stuff in the first place is unlikely to have much difficulty with ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ |
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