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English translation: Section Principal

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

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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 KudoZ activity Questions: 2212 (4 open) (9 without valid answers) (20 closed without grading) Answers: 164
Local time: 08:44

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=...

Selected response from:

peiling
Local time: 22:44

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Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

the principal of the XX section

freelance522

3 +2

principal

peiling

3 +2

head vocalist

Yongmei Liu

chief performers of musical instruments

franksf

Answers

2 hrs confidence:

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:

English,

Chinese

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

head vocalist

Explanation:
瞎猜的

Yongmei Liu
Local time: 13:44
Native speaker of:

Chinese

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

principal

peiling
Local time: 22:44
Native speaker of:

English,

Malay
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thank you.

2 days6 hrs confidence:

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...

freelance522
Taiwan
Local time: 04:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Chinese

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