grâces suspendues

English translation: motionless grace/gracefulness

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French term or phrase:grâces suspendues
English translation:motionless grace/gracefulness
Entered by: liz askew

08:46 May 28, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Circus extravaganza
French term or phrase: grâces suspendues
From an article on Cirque Plume, a circus something like Cirque du Soleil i.e. not a traditional circus.
Plume, de spectacle en spectacle, saisit au rebond la poésie, ces petits riens inventés et déroulés, émerveille d'une balle de lumière, d'un souffle, d'un instant retenu, de grâces suspendues.
janisct
Local time: 01:25
motionless grace/gracefulness
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:25
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2motionless grace/gracefulness
liz askew
3flighty graces
Emma Paulay
3hovering grace
polyglot45
3grace in mid air
Isabelle17
3effortless/graceful suspension acts
MatthewLaSon


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
flighty graces


Explanation:
I think you can afford to be creative here, as long as you keep the references to flying trapeze, high wires etc.

Emma Paulay
France
Local time: 02:25
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lianne Wilson: To me, flighty sounds as if you mean scatterbrained or skittish//I think the original seems very 'still' and calm. Airy would be much better, yes.
3 hrs
  -> Well, yes, that's what it means but I don't think that matters too much in this particular context. Maybe airy graces (as a play on airs and graces) would be better?//I read "suspendues" as hanging in the air, a ref to the trapeze, but I could be wrong!
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
hovering grace


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one more

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 52
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
motionless grace/gracefulness


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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  B D Finch: Nice.
1 hr
  -> Thank you!

agree  Verginia Ophof: elegance perhaps?
7 hrs
  -> Thank you! :)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
grace in mid air


Explanation:
Just another option.

Isabelle17
Brazil
Local time: 22:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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2 days 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
effortless/graceful suspension acts


Explanation:
The circus marvels you with its ball of light, sense of spirit, effortless suspension acts, and ability to stay forever with you.

d'un souffle = with its spirit

d'un instant retenu = with a moment remebered/ability to remember it?

I hope this helps.


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Note added at 5 days (2010-06-02 23:56:15 GMT) Post-grading
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Perhaps "with graceful (mid-air) dangling"

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 21:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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