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Tech/Engineering - Architecture / landscaping | | English term or phrase: express the bones of the earth | | Maggie Keswick’s ideas were influenced by Taoist theories of geomancy, the invisible energies in the shape of the land, and she wanted to *express the bones of the earth*, in this case the downland shaped by glaciers. |
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, und wollte verdeutlichen, welches die "Knochen" der Erde sind, in diesem Fall die ...
Würde ich in Anführung setzen.
Oder etwas freier: und wollte anschaulich machen, was das Gerüst der Erde ist .... , was der Erde Halt gibt ....
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geomancy [ge·o·man·cy || 'dʒɪəʊmænsɪ]
n. Geomantie, Vorhersage der Zukunft duch das Einstudieren von Linien und Figuren oder geographische Eigenschaften |
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| Grading comment Geomantie war klar, es ging wirklich nur um *die Gebeine der Erde*, wie ich es schließlich übersetzt habe. Danke für die Bestätigung
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