声部首席

English translation: Section Principal

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Chinese term or phrase:声部首席
English translation:Section Principal
Entered by: albertdeng

22:11 Nov 15, 2007
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
Chinese term or phrase: 声部首席
Chief performer of the part?
albertdeng
New Zealand
Local time: 14:52
principal
Explanation:
principal

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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-11-16 04:05:42 GMT)
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Make that *Section principal*
http://www.google.com/search?q="Section principal"&sourceid=...
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peiling
Germany
Local time: 04:52
Grading comment
Thank you.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2head vocalist
Yongmei Liu
3 +2principal
peiling
5the principal of the XX section
Ocean520
3chief performers of musical instruments
franksf


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
chief performers of musical instruments


Explanation:
No.1 player of each instrument

第一提琴
第一小号
...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-11-16 00:42:24 GMT)
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To tone it down to emphasize team spirit (there are many good players of the same instrument in the team), may I suggest:

Representative performers of musical instruments?

"Representative" often implies "best", "top", or "chief".

franksf
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
head vocalist


Explanation:
瞎猜的

Yongmei Liu
United States
Local time: 19:52
Native speaker of: Chinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Philip Tang: This makes sense; 声部 means vocal.
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Thanks - I am probably wrong though.

agree  Haiyang Ai (X)
2 days 10 hrs
  -> Thanks - I am probably wrong though.
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
principal


Explanation:
principal

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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-11-16 04:05:42 GMT)
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Make that *Section principal*
http://www.google.com/search?q="Section principal"&sourceid=...

peiling
Germany
Local time: 04:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in MalayMalay
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fang Sheng: or "Section Principal", if you want to render 声部
6 hrs

agree  AZ-Loc
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2 days 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
the principal of the XX section


Explanation:
There are a lot of sections in an orchestra.
Each section's leader is called "the principal of the xx section" , or "the first chair."
Please see below website for further details.


    Reference: http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:xScqNtlqJfsJ:www.cso.org...
Ocean520
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Local time: 10:52
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Native speaker of: Chinese
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