face obscure

English translation: dark side

21:12 Oct 13, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
French term or phrase: face obscure
On topic X, director Y 'prend le problème du point de vue de son échec, par sa *face obscure*, et décrit avec précision comment une pensée à l’origine émancipatrice et généreuse devient une spirale mortifère dès lors qu’elle se réduit à une discipline...'

The dark side of his failure? Or is it a vague failure?

Many thanks in advance.
Nora Mahony
Ireland
Local time: 21:22
English translation:dark side
Explanation:
I would say it is a clear reference to « le côté obscure de la Force » from Star Wars.

Can't help thinking, though, that it is the dark side of the problem, rather than of his failure (is it indeed his failure at all? or the failure of something else...?)
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Tony M
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Local time: 22:22
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2 +8dark side
Tony M
4takes a negative perspective (in this context)
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dark side


Explanation:
I would say it is a clear reference to « le côté obscure de la Force » from Star Wars.

Can't help thinking, though, that it is the dark side of the problem, rather than of his failure (is it indeed his failure at all? or the failure of something else...?)

Tony M
France
Local time: 22:22
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks – and glad others find it oddly phrased re: what side we're talking about...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
2 mins
  -> Merci, J-C !

agree  John Detre: the dark side of the problem
18 mins
  -> Thanks, John!

agree  Travelin Ann
40 mins
  -> Thanks, Hooksett!

agree  Helen Shiner: definitely
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Helen!

agree  Jessica Cade
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ingrid!

agree  Lianne Wilson
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lianne!

agree  mimi 254: dark side of the problem
11 hrs
  -> Merci, Mimi !

agree  Gina W
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
takes a negative perspective (in this context)


Explanation:
alternative phrase

agree he's looking at 'the problem' from 'its' dark side.



Dr Lofthouse
France
Local time: 21:22
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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Asker: Many thanks for this.

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