durch die museale oder fast sakrale Lichtsituation bestimmt

21:46 Sep 25, 2010
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German term or phrase: durch die museale oder fast sakrale Lichtsituation bestimmt
Die Atmosphäre des Raums wird sowohl durch die besondere, museale oder fast sakrale Lichtsituation bestimmt, als auch durch einen brummenden Sound, der an ein Flugzeugtriebwerk erinnert.
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4 +1... museum-like, almost devotional
Stephen Reader
5The space owes its atmosphere in equal measure to the lighting, which is like that of a museum or ev
Alison Kirkland
4is achieved not only via the museum-like or almost sacral lighting environment
anne pincus
2The atmosphere of the space is established by the austere or practially sacred lighting environment
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Museal
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The atmosphere of the space is established by the austere or practially sacred lighting environment


Explanation:
This is just a suggestion. Synonyms can be inserted practically everywhere. You may want to add some commas.

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is achieved not only via the museum-like or almost sacral lighting environment


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... museum-like, almost devotional


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..an atmosph. sustained by means of both the museum-style, almost devotional lighting of the space and by (the ambient sound of...)

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agree  Annett Kottek (X): :-)
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  -> Danke, Annett, & :-) meinerseits!
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The space owes its atmosphere in equal measure to the lighting, which is like that of a museum or ev


Explanation:

This is the slightly freer translation option.
I said "shrine" instead of church because a shrine is a sacred structure but relates better to "museum".

I thought I'd better translate the whole sentence to give it context.
I translate materials about exhibition spaces using words like "museal" and "sacral" all the time (in German, that is. I avoid using the words "museal" and"sacral" in English.)

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The space owes its atmosphere in equal measure to the lighting, which is like that of a museum or even a shrine, and a thrumming sound like an aeroplane motor.




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Reference: Museal

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Meanwhile the term museal also became a qualification for the kind of art lending to the sterile, imposing and authoritarian nature of the architecture as well as the cultural circumstances of the institute, which exercises a certain power over the cultural inheritance but also over the development of art. The qualification is conceived both positive (acknowledgement, quality, established) and negative (adaptive, isolated, established).

In common language museal means: 'suitable for the museum' (a museal piece).
http://www.abandon.nl/museal.htm

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