dramaturgie

English translation: dramatic tension

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French term or phrase:	dramaturgie
English translation:	dramatic tension
Entered by:	Martin Linger

10:22 Jan 21, 2004

French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary / jazz

French term or phrase: dramaturgie

"L’arrangement de son frère Lionel est un superbe exemple de la façon dont un chef d’œuvre du R&B peut révéler une dramaturgie inattendue ;"

i was looking for sth more subtle than "sense of drama" -"surprising dramatic depths" perhaps

talking about a jazz cover of an r&b classic

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Local time: 00:17

dramatic tension

Explanation:
or underlying drama

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Martin Linger
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:17

Grading comment

dramaturgy is not a word that flows off the tongue, tho the French use if more freely; this is referring to a song, not a play, I think dramatic tension or sth similar is a better translation here
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dramaturgy

Vicky Papaprodromou

3 +1

dramaturgy

Jonathan MacKerron

4 -2

dramatic tension

Martin Linger

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

dramatic tension

Explanation:
or underlying drama

Martin Linger
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in pair: 4

Grading comment

dramaturgy is not a word that flows off the tongue, tho the French use if more freely; this is referring to a song, not a play, I think dramatic tension or sth similar is a better translation here

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

dramaturgy

Explanation:
why not? it's a perfectly good English word, Webster says
"1 : the art or technique of writing drama *a professor of dramaturgy*
2 : the technical devices that are used in writing drama and that tend to distinguish it from other literary forms *a play with sound dramaturgy and excellent acting* *a first-rate clinical example of dramaturgy but a second-rate *show* G.J.Nathan*; often : use of or the product of the use of such technical devices *reviewers T neglecting honest dramaturgy for incandescent performing New York Herald Tribune"
"dramatic art" is another possibility offered by Langenscheidt

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-01-21 10:29:18 GMT)
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DRAMATIC ART=LANGENSCHEIDT

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 963

7 mins confidence:

dramaturgy

Explanation:
The word is Greek, in Greek we use it on stage performances of any type - why not in English?

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Note added at 10 mins (2004-01-21 10:32:29 GMT)
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\"A singer\'s voice matures as the years go by. Life adds a variety of colours and edges to it. When there is a clear dramaturgy in the music and the lyrics, just `a beautiful song\' is nothing more than a line of empty pretty sounds,\" philosophises the singer. \"The basic colour in my voice has grown darker over the years, but technique still allows me to find more melodious, lighter tones in some or other compartment of my memory. The freshness of youth does not inevitably disappear as long as the mindset remains boyish. I feel I have remained a little boy at heart - and that is positive in many ways. One of the things that helps me in this is making lighter music, because in it one has to keep a finger on the pulse of the times. Opera work is largely old classical music and listening to the beat of today is a good counterweight.\"

\"A singer\'s voice matures as the years go by. Life adds a variety of colours and edges to it. When there is a clear dramaturgy in the music and the lyrics, just `a beautiful song\' is nothing more than a line of empty pretty sounds,\" philosophises the singer. \"The basic colour in my voice has grown darker over the years, but technique still allows me to find more melodious, lighter tones in some or other compartment of my memory. The freshness of youth does not inevitably disappear as long as the mindset remains boyish. I feel I have remained a little boy at heart - and that is positive in many ways. One of the things that helps me in this is making lighter music, because in it one has to keep a finger on the pulse of the times. Opera work is largely old classical music and listening to the beat of today is a good counterweight.\"

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Vicky Papaprodromou
Greece
Local time: 19:17
Native speaker of:

Greek
PRO pts in pair: 88

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