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Sedmkrát o Brně

English translation: Brno in seven chapters

19:47 Oct 29, 2009

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Czech term or phrase: Sedmkrát o Brně

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Helena Matyasova KudoZ activity Questions: 18 (1 open) Answers: 40 Czech Republic
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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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Brno in seven chapters

Martin Bednarski

Seven Ages of Brno

Gerry Vickers

Brno Times Seven

Stuart Hoskins

Seven pictures of Brno

Ivan Šimerka

Seven echoes of Brno

Prokop Vantuch

seven facets/aspects of Brno

Andrew Vdovin

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7 kapitol	Dylan Edwards

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Brno in seven chapters

Martin Bednarski
Czech Republic
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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
Czech Republic
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1 hr confidence:

Seven pictures of Brno

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Ivan Šimerka
Czech Republic
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Czech
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2 days11 hrs confidence:

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
Russian Federation
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Russian

4 days confidence:

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
Czech Republic
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3 days14 hrs confidence:

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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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
United Kingdom
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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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