Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 6, 2004 19:46
19 yrs ago
French term
l'air du temps
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Artist/sculptor:
"Sa philosophie: la création ne naît pas en ex-nihilo, il faut être curieux de tous et de sous, être à l'écoute de l'air du temps et de ses propres envies, se laisser emporter par son imaginaion"
"Sa philosophie: la création ne naît pas en ex-nihilo, il faut être curieux de tous et de sous, être à l'écoute de l'air du temps et de ses propres envies, se laisser emporter par son imaginaion"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | zeitgeist |
pascaljacque (X)
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| 3 +6 | the spirit of the times |
Tony M
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| 5 +1 | the air of the times |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 3 +1 | the latest trends |
suezen
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| 4 | (listen to) the world beat |
Johanne Bouthillier
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| 4 | (tune in to) what is/was going on |
Anthony Chalkley (X)
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Proposed translations
+3
2 mins
Selected
zeitgeist
zeitgeist, current trends
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Pascal. Although I hadn't come across this word until now, after a little research, I find that it goes well with the tone of the entire document."
+1
35 mins
the latest trends
another choice
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Note added at 39 mins (2004-09-06 20:26:39 GMT)
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the new trends
what\'s in style at any given moment
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Note added at 39 mins (2004-09-06 20:26:39 GMT)
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the new trends
what\'s in style at any given moment
1 hr
Johanne Bouthillier
Canada
Canada
Native in French
Canada
English to Canadian French translator
Native in: French (Variant: Canadian)
Works in: English to French
Related KudoZ points
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4
(listen to) the world beat
seems fitting
+6
1 hr
the spirit of the times
Another take...
Peer comment(s):
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Monica Sandor
: Seems very apt - could also be 'the signs of the times', a term used commonly in theology
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Thansk, Monica!
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lien
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Thanks, Lien!
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Marina Kutsnashvili (X)
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Thanks, Marina!
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Gabrielle Weatherhead
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Thanks, Gabrielle!
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EJP
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Thanks, EJP!
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jennifer de luca (X)
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Thanks, Jennifer!
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1 hr
(tune in to) what is/was going on
transfer the "air" to the verb
+1
2 hrs
the air of the times
Qu'au reste du monde ne plaise.....
a perfectly good expression in English, and quite right for your ''art'' text: as in:
... whether the directors had or had not read Jan Kott – ****the ideas expressed both by
the Polish critic and the Soviet directors were in the air of the times****. ...
archive.1september.ru/eng/2001/16/2.htm - 25k - Cached - Similar pages [Rumanian but well written]
Osteria del Vicario - Bed & Breakfast - San Gimignano Area ...
... In this town far from the Chaos and tecnology it is still possible to walk through
small streets all of brick and to breath the air of the times of Giovanni ...
www.tuscany.net/vicario/pages/profile.htm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
Sopot Hotels, Sopot Hotel in Poland - from 26 to 260 EUR
... The better choice are Art Nouveau villas in the centre of Sopot - they have the
air of the times when Sopot used to be a premium vacation resort of the pre-war ...
www.staypoland.com/sopot-hotels.asp - 26k - Sep 4, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages
Café Metropole – Issue 9.36
... system. ****Girls in school uniforms sang a popular air of the times****, and Parisians
in their costumes danced, with flags fluttering. ...
www.metropoleparis.com/936cafe.html - 25k - Sep 4, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages
Film Comment: Family values - fatherless family in 'The Reckless ...
... to the Since You Went Away setup abound--even down to the ending at Christmas with
word from the absent father--but can be chalked up to ***the air of the times***. ...
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_m1069/is_n1_v31/ai_16280869 - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
Quodlibet Online Journal: The Christian Sacred: Absence, Ambiguity ...
... everybody else and for me that is always the conflict between an attraction for
the Holy and the disbelief in it that we breathe in with**** the air of the times****. ...
www.quodlibet.net/altany-sacred.shtml - 50k - Cached - Similar pages
Reviews on Ruben Dario
... On the other hand, to change metaphors, it smashed windows and broke doors so
that the fresh ****air of the times*** could revive the dying language. ...
www.dariana.com/reviews.html - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Science and Religion
... central concern was "always the conflict between an attraction for the holy and
the disbelief in it that we breathe in with the air of the times (Hawkes:1962). ...
webpages.marshall.edu/~altany/sci-rel-art.htm - 80k - Cached - Similar pages
a perfectly good expression in English, and quite right for your ''art'' text: as in:
... whether the directors had or had not read Jan Kott – ****the ideas expressed both by
the Polish critic and the Soviet directors were in the air of the times****. ...
archive.1september.ru/eng/2001/16/2.htm - 25k - Cached - Similar pages [Rumanian but well written]
Osteria del Vicario - Bed & Breakfast - San Gimignano Area ...
... In this town far from the Chaos and tecnology it is still possible to walk through
small streets all of brick and to breath the air of the times of Giovanni ...
www.tuscany.net/vicario/pages/profile.htm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
Sopot Hotels, Sopot Hotel in Poland - from 26 to 260 EUR
... The better choice are Art Nouveau villas in the centre of Sopot - they have the
air of the times when Sopot used to be a premium vacation resort of the pre-war ...
www.staypoland.com/sopot-hotels.asp - 26k - Sep 4, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages
Café Metropole – Issue 9.36
... system. ****Girls in school uniforms sang a popular air of the times****, and Parisians
in their costumes danced, with flags fluttering. ...
www.metropoleparis.com/936cafe.html - 25k - Sep 4, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages
Film Comment: Family values - fatherless family in 'The Reckless ...
... to the Since You Went Away setup abound--even down to the ending at Christmas with
word from the absent father--but can be chalked up to ***the air of the times***. ...
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_m1069/is_n1_v31/ai_16280869 - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
Quodlibet Online Journal: The Christian Sacred: Absence, Ambiguity ...
... everybody else and for me that is always the conflict between an attraction for
the Holy and the disbelief in it that we breathe in with**** the air of the times****. ...
www.quodlibet.net/altany-sacred.shtml - 50k - Cached - Similar pages
Reviews on Ruben Dario
... On the other hand, to change metaphors, it smashed windows and broke doors so
that the fresh ****air of the times*** could revive the dying language. ...
www.dariana.com/reviews.html - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Science and Religion
... central concern was "always the conflict between an attraction for the holy and
the disbelief in it that we breathe in with the air of the times (Hawkes:1962). ...
webpages.marshall.edu/~altany/sci-rel-art.htm - 80k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
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sirthierry
: air du temps plutot qu'esprit du(des?) temps: cet "air" est un peu plus large que l'"esprit", l'image est mieux respectée comme ça. Bien vu!
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