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când imperativă...când insinuantă

English translation: sometimes imperative (domineering)... other times suggestive

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Romanian term or phrase:când imperativă...când insinuantă
English translation:sometimes imperative (domineering)... other times suggestive
Entered by: Lara Barnett

00:14 Apr 13, 2012
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Journalistic Article on conductor
Romanian term or phrase: când imperativă...când insinuantă
This part of this journalistic music review about a famous conductor is talking about his performance and his effect on the audiences. I am not sure if I have the meaning correct here as I am not clear on the structure and use of "când" and "până". The context reads:

" XX posedă autoritatea, o autoritate când imperativă până la violență, când insinuantă și suplă.

I think it means:

"XX can be authoritative; an authority that becomes aggressive when required, and when suggestive, it is elegant."

However, this is a clumsy translation so I am not sure if I have fully understood the phrase.
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:32
sometimes imperative (domineering)... other times suggestive
Explanation:
"XX posedă autoritatea, o autoritate când imperativă până la violență, când insinuantă și suplă."

"XX possesses an authority which is sometimes so domineering that it almost reaches violence, other times suggestive and subtle"
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Tünde Lőrincz
Local time: 11:32
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sometimes imperative (domineering)... other times suggestive


Explanation:
"XX posedă autoritatea, o autoritate când imperativă până la violență, când insinuantă și suplă."

"XX possesses an authority which is sometimes so domineering that it almost reaches violence, other times suggestive and subtle"

Tünde Lőrincz
Local time: 11:32
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