virare

English translation: toning/bending/changing tone

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Italian term or phrase:	virare
English translation:	toning/bending/changing tone
Entered by:	Danilo Carnevale (X)

17:58 Nov 16, 2006

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / effects

Italian term or phrase: virare

"... si tinge di rosso e vira nell’oscurità di uno spazio altro, ..."
This is art criticism talking about two photographs both of which have been "virato", one has been "red toned" the other "toned black and white and darkened". The writer is also playing on the general meaning of virare, to change direction. Anybody got any good ideas please?

James (Jim) Davis KudoZ activity Questions: 207 (none open) (3 without valid answers) (21 closed without grading) Answers: 8928 Seychelles
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toning/bending

Explanation:
Virare in italian in this case has 2 meanings:
1 - in photography, "to tone"
2 - general meaning, "to turn away, to bend"

He seems to actually play with the ambiguity of the term.

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Danilo Carnevale (X)
Italy
Local time: 06:17

Grading comment

What I used in the end was "changes tone"
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

fade/blend

gioielli

shift

Linda 969

toning/bending

Danilo Carnevale (X)

mutate

Patricia Crotty

refract

Miles Furnell (X)

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23 mins confidence:

toning/bending

Explanation:
Virare in italian in this case has 2 meanings:
1 - in photography, "to tone"
2 - general meaning, "to turn away, to bend"

He seems to actually play with the ambiguity of the term.

Danilo Carnevale (X)
Italy
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

What I used in the end was "changes tone"

Notes to answerer

Asker: Fin qui ci sono arrivato anch'io Danilo LOL (laughing out loud) :-). In English you have "Sepia toned" but not really the verb.

Asker: Thanks Danilo

14 hrs confidence:

fade/blend

Explanation:
although not literal translations, perhaps these verbs express the idea

gioielli
Italy
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks

15 hrs confidence:

refract

Explanation:
Your explanation of the context made me think of refraction, but it's a long way off from being a translation of virare.

Miles Furnell (X)
Local time: 06:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Miles

18 hrs confidence:

mutate

Explanation:
Could refer to changing tones, a bit less to changing direction though.

The other one I though of was veer, good for the changing direction, not so good for changing tone, but to give it that artistic touch you could employ a bit of poetic license and use
v(erm)eer

Patricia Crotty
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Patricia

1 day 6 hrs confidence:

shift

Explanation:
Hi James,
this is what I would use

Linda 969
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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