Oct 12, 2005 10:46
18 yrs ago
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French term
France
Copywriting, Business Translation, Voice
Native in: English (Variant: US South)
Works in: French to English, English
jeux d'eventail
French to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Performance art, dance
Here is the sentence:
"Arts martiaux et jeux d'eventail accompagnent la gestuelle robotique dessinee par le pop."
Dance and urban vocabulary is constantly changing, so I want to be sure I'm interpreting this correctly.
Either it means: a variety of
or: having a fan like style (such as capoeria, with fanning-out like movements)
TIA
"Arts martiaux et jeux d'eventail accompagnent la gestuelle robotique dessinee par le pop."
Dance and urban vocabulary is constantly changing, so I want to be sure I'm interpreting this correctly.
Either it means: a variety of
or: having a fan like style (such as capoeria, with fanning-out like movements)
TIA
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | fan gestures |
Neil Crockford
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| 3 | Fan dance |
Joanne Nebbia
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| 2 +1 | Tai-Chi |
suezen
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Change log
Oct 12, 2005 11:08: lenkl changed "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting"
Proposed translations
3 hrs
Neil Crockford
Native in English
40 years' industry experience
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
fan gestures
Or "language of the fan". I think this refers to the code of language conveyed by the position of the fan.
Reference:
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you to all who answered. Each one of you was helpful. In the end I had to be vague in the translation. Since no further information was available and there was a risk of being completely wrong if I said Tai Chi.
Take care!"
1 hr
Fan dance
Although it probably could be too obvious given the context
+1
2 hrs
Tai-Chi
www.taichichuan-cornelia.com/f/cours.html - 24k
Ce duo s’inspire des légendes asiatiques alliant techniques d’éventails (tai-chi) et danse hip hop (pop)
www.mairie13.paris.fr/mairie13/jsp/ Portail.jsp?id_article=7052&id_rubrique=559 - 27k - Résultat complémentaire
(despite the pictures of fan dance at top of this page, I think tai-chi is more likely)
Ce duo s’inspire des légendes asiatiques alliant techniques d’éventails (tai-chi) et danse hip hop (pop)
www.mairie13.paris.fr/mairie13/jsp/ Portail.jsp?id_article=7052&id_rubrique=559 - 27k - Résultat complémentaire
(despite the pictures of fan dance at top of this page, I think tai-chi is more likely)
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