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Art/Literary - Music / cuivrée | | French term or phrase: cuivrée | text taken from a press article written about a young jazz singer and her band. The sentence reads as follows: " On découvre avec joie une association du piano électrique à une trompette bouchée très cuivrée (...)
Thanks also for any help you can provide on "bouchée" in this particular context. |
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| | English translation:a very brassy muted trumpet | Explanation:
A mute often makes the trumpet sound less brassy, so we are likely defining both the mute used and the style.
Personally I don't like the "very", although it is the straight translation, and might do away with it or use a more expressive and coloured synonym - "truly", etc
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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-12-01 11:37:47 GMT)
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IMO, "sound" is unnecessary extra baggage, not used in the French and not needed in the English |
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David Vaughn
Local time: 02:49
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4 mins confidence:   brassed up
Explanation:
Just a proposal :
"a very brassed up muted trumpet"
(supposing "très cuivrée" means" that the brass side of the trumpet is in contrast with the electric sound of the keyboard)
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 (a muted trumpet) with a very brassy sound
Explanation:
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|   Vicky James
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24 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 a very brassy muted trumpet
Explanation:
A mute often makes the trumpet sound less brassy, so we are likely defining both the mute used and the style.
Personally I don't like the "very", although it is the straight translation, and might do away with it or use a more expressive and coloured synonym - "truly", etc
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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-12-01 11:37:47 GMT)
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IMO, "sound" is unnecessary extra baggage, not used in the French and not needed in the English
| David Vaughn
Local time: 02:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 172
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