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French: Ils ne s’inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance.

English translation: Only that blaze of light can define them



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French term or phrase: Ils ne sÂ’inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance.
English translation:Only that blaze of light can define them
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / An article on the film Pickpocket
French term or phrase: Ils ne s’inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance.
The film is by Robert Bresson.
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Au-delà de l’histoire d’un pickpocket, ce film est une méditation sur la grâce. Les gestes de vol, de dérobement possèdent une légèreté angélique. Ils ne s’inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance. Lorsqu’il dévoile la technique des pickpockets,
Anna Maria Augustin
France
Only that blaze of light can define them
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sporran
Canada
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1They are only part of this fleeting or short-lived quality
Jane Lamb-Ruiz
4they appear only in a shooting-star quality of brilliance and speedCarmen Schultz
4They exist only in the flash of the moment
Hacene
3Only that blaze of light can define themsporran


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Only that blaze of light can define them

Explanation:
a suggestion

sporran
Canada
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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Many thanks to all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Jane Lamb-Ruiz: I am sorry but I don't see how this fits...this is about fleeting moments..not blazes of lights...you are a great writer though..:)
2 days3 hrs
  -> thanks Jane, I understand your doubts, it's a strange text, but blaze is fleeting too, and gives just time to see them in another light. At least that's how I saw it, fwiw !
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
They are only part of this fleeting or short-lived quality

Explanation:
I would call this

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Note added at 25 mins (2005-09-11 22:41:02 GMT)
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Better: They only can be part of these fulgurant moments.

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Note added at 26 mins (2005-09-11 22:41:34 GMT)
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x s'inscrit dans= to be part of

Jane Lamb-Ruiz
United States
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PRO pts in category: 80

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agree writeaway: fleeting is a great suggestion. maybe others later on will really appreciate your contribution here.
5 hrs
  -> Apparently only bursts and flashes are popular...sigh...I don't know why I bother
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
They exist only in the flash of the moment

Explanation:
Beyong the story of a pickpocket, this movie is a meditation on gracefulness. The thieving, stealing movements are as light as an angel. They exist only in the flash of the moment. When he is unmasking the pickpocket's technique, ...

Hacene
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 28
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
they appear only in a shooting-star quality of brilliance and speed

Explanation:
by "they," the writer refers to the gestures(les gestes)of the pickpockets or their movements and actions

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Note added at 27 mins (2005-09-11 22:43:09 GMT)
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Definition
fulgurant(e) adj 1. (rapide: vitesse, réplique) lightning; (progrès) staggering 2. (violent: douleur) shooting 3. (éblouissant: lueur) dazzling; (regard) blazing

(from Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact)

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Note added at 32 mins (2005-09-11 22:47:46 GMT)
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Definition
inscrire irr I vt 1. (noter) ~ qc dans un carnet/sur une enveloppe to write sth down in a notebook/on an envelope; ~ qc à l'ordre du jour to put sth on the agenda; être inscrit dans ma mémoire to be engraved in my memory; être inscrit sur mon visage to be written on my face 2. (immatriculer) ~ qn à une école/dans un club to enrol sb at a school/in a club Brit, to enroll sb at a school/in a club Am; ~ qn sur une liste to put sb on a list; (pour prendre rendez-vous) to put sb on a waiting list; être inscrit à la faculté to be at university Brit, to be in college Am; être inscrit dans un club to be a member of a club II vpr 1. (s'immatriculer) s'~ à une école to enrol at a school Brit, to enroll at a school Am; s'~ à une faculté to register at a university; s'~ à un parti/club to join a party/club; s'~ sur une liste to put one's name down on a list; se faire ~ au tennis to join the tennis club 2. (s'insérer dans) s'~ dans le cadre de qc (décision, mesure, projet) to come within the context of sth 3. (apparaître) s'~ sur l'écran to appear on the screen

(from Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact)


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They appear (or take place) with the speed (or quality) of lightning...

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They appear with lightning speed and brilliance...

Carmen Schultz
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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