Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
objekthaft
English translation:
object-like
Added to glossary by
Siegfried Armbruster
Feb 1, 2006 14:41
18 yrs ago
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German term
United States
23 years in agricultural science
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
objekthaft
German to English
Art/Literary
Media / Multimedia
videos
As used in this sentence:
Indem sie ihren Videos auf unterschiedliche Weise einen objekthaften Charakter zu geben sucht, reagiert sie auch auf den Umstand, dass Videos im normalen Ausstellungsbetrieb mit anderen Kunstobjekten konkurrieren müssen.
object-like?
Indem sie ihren Videos auf unterschiedliche Weise einen objekthaften Charakter zu geben sucht, reagiert sie auch auf den Umstand, dass Videos im normalen Ausstellungsbetrieb mit anderen Kunstobjekten konkurrieren müssen.
object-like?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | object-like |
Siegfried Armbruster
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| 2 | exhibitory |
Lancashireman
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Proposed translations
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Siegfried Armbruster
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
Pharmaceutical and medical translations
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, Dutch to German, Flemish to German
Related KudoZ points
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object-like
The artistic object, despite its seemingly object-like character, therefore presents itself as a link between two subject, the creating and provoking ...
www.notbored.org/detourned-painting.html
Thanks to its object-like character, the building is spatially linked to the other solitary buildings that characterize this disparate urban area today. ...
www.pritzkerprize.com/143/ 2001photogallery/pages/119-1.htm - 8k
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Note added at 14 mins (2006-02-01 14:56:24 GMT)
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... can hardly be distinguished at a distance: a quotation-like play with painterly illusionism through which the images gain a nearly objectlike character, ...
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_m0268/is_10_39/ai_80485072 - 27k
www.notbored.org/detourned-painting.html
Thanks to its object-like character, the building is spatially linked to the other solitary buildings that characterize this disparate urban area today. ...
www.pritzkerprize.com/143/ 2001photogallery/pages/119-1.htm - 8k
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Note added at 14 mins (2006-02-01 14:56:24 GMT)
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... can hardly be distinguished at a distance: a quotation-like play with painterly illusionism through which the images gain a nearly objectlike character, ...
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_m0268/is_10_39/ai_80485072 - 27k
Peer comment(s):
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Erik Macki
: I think this solution is very good: the author is using parallelism between objekthaft and Kunstobjekt, and the translation should ideally conserve this--which "object-like" achieves.
47 mins
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| agree |
Girija Chatrath
: I would translate it the same
19 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everybody...art isn't really my field; this was in a letter of recommendation."
15 mins
exhibitory
based on what follows
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Note added at 1 day54 mins (2006-02-02 15:36:40 GMT)
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EM's 'parallelism' also lay behind my suggestion: Kunstobjekt = exhibit.
However, your original plan to write 'object-like' is the safe option here.
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Note added at 1 day54 mins (2006-02-02 15:36:40 GMT)
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EM's 'parallelism' also lay behind my suggestion: Kunstobjekt = exhibit.
However, your original plan to write 'object-like' is the safe option here.
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