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ascèse

English translation: ascetic / austere (etc.)


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16:16 May 30, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / sculpture
French term or phrase: ascèse
"Quand on parle de monochrome, on entend les termes : ascèse, radicalité, pureté etc. etc. Le monochrome est alors toujours tributaire du discours plus ou moins abscons qui l'accompagne."
kashew
France
Local time: 07:41
English translation:ascetic / austere (etc.)
Explanation:
I would be tempted to substitute the whole lot with adjectives:
"ascetic, radical, pure..." sounds a lot more natural to me.

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Note added at 45 mins (2011-05-30 17:01:13 GMT)
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spartan is another option that might work
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Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 07:41
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4 +2ascetic / austere (etc.)Colin Rowe


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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ascetic / austere (etc.)


Explanation:
I would be tempted to substitute the whole lot with adjectives:
"ascetic, radical, pure..." sounds a lot more natural to me.

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Note added at 45 mins (2011-05-30 17:01:13 GMT)
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spartan is another option that might work

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 07:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks - good idea - much more natural as adjectives: austere, ?, pure. I'm going to look at options for radical - get to the root of it ;-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  silvester55: ASCÈSE, subst. fém. MOR. Discipline que la volonté s'impose afin de tendre vers un idéal soit de perfection morale, soit de création artistique ou intellectuelle.
1 hr
  -> Merci!
neutral  David Vaughn: You have a list in French of nouns, I would stay with nouns - or change them all to adjectives.
6 hrs
  -> Like I said, I would change "the whole lot" to adjectives - i.e. "all".
agree  philgoddard
8 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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