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emportée

English translation: ardent, carried awy

21:09 Oct 13, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: emportée
From a work of criticism about an unusual style/genre of film:

'Qu’il relève de la fiction, du documentaire, de l’essai, du poème ou de la chanson, qu’il procède à un travail de rétrospection critique ou s’élève dans l’urgence de la contre-information immédiate, que sa véhémence se montre lyrique ou *emportée*, le pamphlet possède quelques caractéristiques essentielles ...'
Nora Mahony
Ireland
Local time: 15:00
English translation:ardent, carried awy
Explanation:
I don't really think either of those terms would work directly as slot-in translations, but I do think that's the general idea — by contrast with lyrical, this surely means something angry, insistent, ... i'm sure you've got the idea by now!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 16:00
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Summary of answers provided
2 +3ardent, carried awy
Tony M
4angry
philgoddard
3fiery/fierce
Euqinimod (X)
2caustic, biting
John Detre


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ardent, carried awy


Explanation:
I don't really think either of those terms would work directly as slot-in translations, but I do think that's the general idea — by contrast with lyrical, this surely means something angry, insistent, ... i'm sure you've got the idea by now!

Tony M
France
Local time: 16:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 348
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: For me it is vehemence out of control otherwise rather tautological, in my view.
2 hrs
agree  Jessica Cade
2 hrs
agree  Gina W
16 hrs
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
caustic, biting


Explanation:
I think it probably has to be something a little bit more than ardent or angry, since the term modifies vehemence, which already contains those notions.

John Detre
Canada
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks – good to have a few ideas to work with!

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
fiery/fierce


Explanation:
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Euqinimod (X)
Local time: 16:00
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 30
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
angry


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/emporté
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 175
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