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Sedmkrát o Brně

English translation: Brno in seven chapters

19:47 Oct 29, 2009
Czech to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / průvodce po městě
Czech term or phrase: Sedmkrát o Brně
Potřebuji zvučný a výstižný název průvodce po městě. Prosím o pomoc a předem děkuji za návrhy.
Helena Matyášová
Czech Republic
Local time: 03:02
English translation:Brno in seven chapters
Explanation:
Není to příliš chytlavý název, ale třeba to někoho inspiruje k lepšímu řešení :-)

Další nepříliš chytlavá verze:

"Seven things about Brno"

Dnes nejsem moc kreativní :-(
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Martin Bednarski
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3Brno in seven chapters
Martin Bednarski
4Brno Times Seven
Stuart Hoskins
4Seven Ages of Brno
Gerry Vickers
3Seven echoes of Brno
Prokop Vantuch
3Seven pictures of Brno
Ivan Šimerka
3seven facets/aspects of Brno
Andrew Vdovin
Summary of reference entries provided
7 kapitol
Dylan Edwards

Discussion entries: 3





  

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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Brno in seven chapters


Explanation:
Není to příliš chytlavý název, ale třeba to někoho inspiruje k lepšímu řešení :-)

Další nepříliš chytlavá verze:

"Seven things about Brno"

Dnes nejsem moc kreativní :-(

Martin Bednarski
Czech Republic
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agree  Gerry Vickers: naopak - 'Brno in seven chapters' je dost dobry :)
40 mins
  -> díky, přesto jsem stále skeptický :-)
agree  Radka Crossley
5 hrs
  -> díky
agree  Blanka Salkova
1 day 16 hrs
  -> díky
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Seven echoes of Brno


Explanation:
...pár dalších nápadů pro inspiraci:
"Seven milestones of Brno"
"Brno in seven pictures"
"Seven faces of Brno"

Prokop Vantuch
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Seven pictures of Brno


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Ivan Šimerka
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seven facets/aspects of Brno


Explanation:
Another one...

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Note added at 2 days11 hrs (2009-11-01 07:46:33 GMT)
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Seven COLORS of Brno.
Like in a rainbow, you know...

Andrew Vdovin
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Brno Times Seven


Explanation:
cf. Woman Times Seven (1967 film with seven episodes/vignettes).
The trouble with "Brno" is that it doesn't lend itself to anything snappy in English. "Brimming Brno"? So it might be best to play with "seven". Seven Songs of Brno? Brno - A Septenary of Stories? Brno: A Tale of a City in Seven Episodes? Sevenfold - A Brief History of Brno? I'll go and get me coat...

Stuart Hoskins
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Seven Ages of Brno


Explanation:
Nobody has suggested this one yet - it is a Shakespearean quotation from 'As you like it':
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
etc, etc



This was a really good series on rock music:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/

Or if you wanted something else that is theatrical, how about 'Brno in Seven Acts'?

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Note added at 3 days21 hrs (2009-11-02 17:44:09 GMT)
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The aforementioned poem is actually called 'Seven Ages of Man'

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Note added at 4 days (2009-11-03 17:05:26 GMT)
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Following from Stuart's contribution, now that he has got his coat :) A Tale of Seven Cities, perhaps, carrying on in the literary theme ... (but I prefer my other suggestion more)


    Reference: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/28900.html
Gerry Vickers
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Reference comments


26 mins
Reference: 7 kapitol

Reference information:
Sedmkrát o Brně autorů Jiřího Čejky a Dany Olivové. Slavnostní křest proběhl na prahu loňského prosince na Staré radnici, kde také lze knihu v Informačním centru KIC zakoupit.
Autoři se v kratičkém úvodu vyznávají, že z bohatých dějin města "se snažili v sedmi krátkých kapitolách zachytiti a alespoň ve stručnosti přiblížit děje a události, které vývoj Brna významně ovlivnily". Volili k tomu čtivě psaný výklad, hojně doprovozený reprodukcemi (včetně barevných v příloze) materiálů ze sbírek Muzea města Brna a Archivu města Brna. Čtenář tak z této stodvacetistránkové publikace získá potřebné informace o historických momentech, z nichž po věky rostlo postavení města Brna v zemích Koruny české, v habsburské monarchii, v novodobém státě i v rámci Evropy.
http://www.brno-city.cz/halo-brno/noviny/200002/23.htm

Dylan Edwards
United Kingdom
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