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sous le magistère des mollahs

English translation: under the rule of the mullahs

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French term or phrase:sous le magistère des mollahs
English translation:under the rule of the mullahs
Entered by: Marian Vieyra

14:07 Oct 25, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
French term or phrase: sous le magistère des mollahs
Son protégé, c’était Abbas Kiarostami dont tout le monde connaît la filiation rossellinienne: un humaniste sous le magistère des mollahs.

Does this mean (under the thumb/at the mercy/controlled)

or does it mean with wisdom/power of a mullah.

or taught by a mullah?

The film director is a humanist/communist so I am inclined to think the first suggestion but the dictionary just describes this as a type of doctorate?



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Sarah Robertson
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:27
under the rule of the mullahs
Explanation:
A suggestion.

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Note added at 14 mins (2010-10-25 14:21:31 GMT)
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On second thoughts it could also be influenced by the teachings of the mullahs...
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Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:27
Grading comment
Under the thumb is good
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3under the rule of the mullahs
Marian Vieyra
Summary of reference entries provided
dictionaries
Bourth (X)

Discussion entries: 2





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
under the rule of the mullahs


Explanation:
A suggestion.

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Note added at 14 mins (2010-10-25 14:21:31 GMT)
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On second thoughts it could also be influenced by the teachings of the mullahs...

Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Under the thumb is good

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SMcG (X): Yeah, with the modern use of 'magistère'. Also the reference to Roberto Rossellini (who worked under similar conditions with Mussolini and is a kind of spiritual father to Kiarostami ) implies this. btw GREAT filmmaker. PS not "swayed" but subject to.
17 mins
  -> Thanks, SMcG
agree  Bourth (X): under the influence, swayed by the teachings of ...
17 mins
  -> Thanks, Bourth
agree  Evans (X): under the influence... by coincidence I am off to see his "Copie conforme" tonight!
31 mins
  -> Thanks, Gilla, enjoy the film.
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Reference comments


28 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: dictionaries

Reference information:
In the "type of doctorate" sense you refer to, magistère is a recent coinage.

Larousse Lexis gives:

MAGISTÈRE ... 2. Autorité doctrinale, morale ou intellectuelle : Exercer un magistère. Le magistère de l'Église

Bourth (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 110

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  SMcG (X): Yes but not "swayed", he was "subject" to their teachings and it implies he lived under a doctrine that was somewhat authoritarian.
7 mins
agree  Helen Shiner: with SMcG
2 hrs
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