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Oct 27, 2006 16:24
17 yrs ago
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English term

far too elegant to risk replication

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He has a unique and distinctive style of his own, prefers to work with violet, his favourite colour,and stays out of the rat race, in his lovely village where he runs a studio and a cafe far too elegant to risk replication.

What exactly is meant by the above phrase in this context?
Responses
4 +8 so elegant no one could copy it
2 +4 the cafe was too special and unique to be afraid that anyone may create another cafe like this one
5 +1 if replicated, it will never be as good as original
4 too idiosyncratic/eccentric to be reproduced somewhere else by someone else
4 far too stylish for anyone else to try to copy it
4 too good to imitate
Change log

Oct 27, 2006 16:30: Kirill Semenov changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): silvia b (X)

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Discussion

NancyLynn Oct 27, 2006:
In this case, Sanjiv, Kirill made it Pro and nobody has changed that.
Kirill Semenov Oct 27, 2006:
Sanjiv, being a professional translator, ask your questions as "Pro". If anything, the community and moderators change it. Fear not.
Sanjiv Sadan (X) (asker) Oct 27, 2006:
As you may see in this case also, this question was made pro by someone (perhaps by a moderator) but one of the linguists has already voted to make it non-pro.
Kirill Semenov Oct 27, 2006:
No, Sanjiv, the new (rather old by now, in fact) definitions of "Pro" and "non-Pro" questions defy your logics. It's not about "Easy/Difficult" anymore.
Sanjiv Sadan (X) (asker) Oct 27, 2006:
typing mistake : non-pro pointS
Sanjiv Sadan (X) (asker) Oct 27, 2006:
Dear Kirill, thanks for your note. I know that the non-pro point are not much important but most of the questions are not so complicated or difficult that these should be put in Pro category. Moreover, when I put a question under Pro category, one of the professionals voted it as non-pro. However, thanks for your suggestion, I would consider putting questions under pro category if nobody objects to it.
Kirill Semenov Oct 27, 2006:
Dear Sanjiv, why do you always put your questions as "Non-Pro"? If you are a professional translator, your questions are "pro". :)

Responses

+8
4 mins
Selected

so elegant no one could copy it

It seems the elegance of the place is so high that few people could attempt to copy it elsewhere.
Peer comment(s):
agree Kirill Semenov : :)
1 min
agree Jack Doughty
6 mins
agree Ken Cox : yep -- the 'far too' clinches it -- no one else could ever possibly copy it
15 mins
agree lafresita (X)
27 mins
agree Dave Calderhead
37 mins
agree silvia b (X)
41 mins
agree Michael Barnett : Either the style so excellent that nobody could copy it or, to do so would be so expensive that nobody would attempt it for business reasons.
3 hrs
agree Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 51 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to all of you."
5 mins

too idiosyncratic/eccentric to be reproduced somewhere else by someone else

having a unique highly individualised/personalised style not designed to appeal to people en masse,cannot be targeted at a mass audience precisely due to the nature of these restrictions
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+4
3 mins

the cafe was too special and unique to be afraid that anyone may create another cafe like this one

I don't know how to explain it in simpler terms.

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Note added at 6 mins (2006-10-27 16:30:13 GMT)
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I mean when you run a special business, like a cafe, and when the business is successful, other people may think: "OK, let's create something like this (a replica of it), and it would be successful, too". But sometimes your business is SO special, that creating any copy of it does nothing. Everyone knows you were the first.
Peer comment(s):
agree NancyLynn : well, how's mine? ;-) exactly the same idea
1 min
perfect :) I suppose yours business is never at the risk to be replicated. :)
agree Jack Doughty
7 mins
agree lafresita (X)
28 mins
agree Lucica Abil (X)
17 hrs
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+1
6 mins

if replicated, it will never be as good as original

original is too good to be replicated.
Peer comment(s):
agree ErichEko ⟹⭐ : YESSS!!! Nothing is free from replication in this world anymore, even the nuke bombs :( The remaining obstacle is how much you would be willing to pay for it and how much you tolerate second quality.
12 hrs
Thanks, Erich
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2 hrs

far too stylish for anyone else to try to copy it

I think the writer is guilty of slovenly English; as written, it actually looks as if the subject "he" would be unable to replicate it. Logic tells me that this is NOT what the writer intended - though I may be wrong.
I'd have a little bet on my interpretation as shown above.
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3 days 20 hrs

too good to imitate

All of the other answers are indeed correct, but a simpler and more common phrase like this one would likely fit better.
"Too good to duplicate" would be my second choice.
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