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decline in the exhilarating development

English translation: sacrifice

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English term or phrase:decline in the exhilarating development
Selected answer:sacrifice
Entered by: Lara Barnett

20:21 Apr 13, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / Journalistic Article on conductor
English term or phrase: decline in the exhilarating development
I am translating a collection of articles on a Romanian composer (from Rom into English). Most of these seem to have been translated from articles in German newspapers anyway (e.g. this was originally from Der Morgen, Berlin 1964).

This final sentence of the whole job (thankfully), is from a passage describing how the conductor has brought out a brilliance in the Berlin orchestra that he is conducting, and has brought out lots of colour and subtle nuances without compromising the orchestra's powerful tone. The (very long) sentence which I have broken up, then goes on to say (in English:)

"Also brilliant was the way in which he knew how to differentiate between the movement and the expression without a decline in the composer’s exhilarating development."

I do not know if a musical development could be said to "decline"?
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:24
sacrifice
Explanation:
without sacrificing any of the composer's exhilarating compositional development
Selected response from:

Jonathan MacKerron
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4with no reduction in/without diminishing the exhilarating development
Martin Riordan
3"Consesssions" or "compromise"
Demi Ebrite
2 +1sacrifice
Jonathan MacKerron
3impair
Gert Sass (M.A.)


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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
"Consesssions" or "compromise"


Explanation:
Here are two examples to consider, using "concessions" and "compromise" in place of "decline".

"Also brilliant was the way in which he knew how to differentiate between the movement and the expression without concessions in the composer’s exhilarating development."

"Also brilliant was the way in which he knew how to differentiate between the movement and the expression without compromise in the composer’s exhilarating development."


Demi Ebrite
United States
Local time: 02:24
Meets criteria
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
with no reduction in/without diminishing the exhilarating development


Explanation:
Two possibilities for your consideration.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 04:24
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sacrifice


Explanation:
without sacrificing any of the composer's exhilarating compositional development

Jonathan MacKerron
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  amarpaul: This sounds best to me
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2 days 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
impair


Explanation:
without impairing/curtailing the composer’s exhilarating development

Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Local time: 09:24
Does not meet criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
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