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French term or phrase:	accents crépusculaires
English translation:	sombre overtones
Entered by:	Tony M

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10:05pm Jun 4, 2007

French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

French term or phrase: accents crépusculaires

Cette grande pièce, digne d’un roman aux accents crépusculaires, très peu montée en France, ne donne pas de réponse

MSH

KudoZ activity
Questions: 544 (3 open)
Answers: 1

United Kingdom

Clarification request(s) and response

Carol Gullidge: 10:47pm Jun 4, 2007: Any clues about the play, to help us give a more informed answer?
MSH: 10:50pm Jun 4, 2007: About the play... - Éric Lacascade, ﬁn connaisseur du répertoire tchekhovien, met en scène Gorki, avec une pièce qui pourrait être la suite de La Cerisaie.

sombre overtones

Explanation:
As you haven't told us what the play actually is, I don't know if this description might apply to it or not.

Selected response from:

Tony M
France

Note from asker to answerer

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

1 +7

sombre overtones

Tony M

3 +1

voir ci dessous

Lidija Lazic

dark nuances

Katarina Peters

dismal undertones

MatthewLaSon

1 +2

denoting the change of an era

Emma Paulay

nightmarish qualities

Carol Gullidge

Answers

35 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

sombre overtones

Explanation:
As you haven't told us what the play actually is, I don't know if this description might apply to it or not.

Tony M
France
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 96

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Carol Gullidge: this could probably fit most things! (Night night! zzzz)

12 mins

-> Thanks, Carol!

agree

Richard Benham: You could just translate "aux accents crépusculaires" with "dark".... Morning has broken.... (Here, that is!)

34 mins

-> Thanks, RB! That Dawn, she's such a nice girl... up early every morning

agree

Vicky Papaprodromou

52 mins

-> Efharisto, Vicky!

neutral

Najib Aloui: Bonjour, Tony. Dawn also is sombre but it's a beginning, it's fraught with hope , not dusk ...I think color is not enough.

8 hrs

-> Thanks, Najib! But 'sombre' is more than just colour, it conveys all the negative-ness that I think is appropriate here, without being alarmist

agree

Cervin: 'melancholy overtones' maybe (if it's a possible sequel to Chekov's 'The Cherry Orchard' see http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1309

9 hrs

-> Thanks, Cervin! Yes, indeed, that might work well too, I think you should post it as an answer in its own right...

agree

Alison Jeffries-Thierry: I like this, but am still wondering ... still more context would be nice, as Emma's suggestion is poss too ...

10 hrs

-> Thanks, Alison!

agree

jean-jacques alexandre: I like it fine

12 hrs

-> Merci, J-J !

agree

Euqinimod

1 day11 hrs

-> Thanks, Equinimod!

45 mins confidence:

nightmarish qualities

Explanation:
Like Tony, this is a stab in the dark (his is quite good!) taking "twilight" -> twilight zone -> nightmare.

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Note added at 47 mins (2007-06-04 22:52:21 GMT)
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O.K., Cherry Orchard = nightmare, possibly, depending on your point of view..

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 42

3 hrs confidence:

dark nuances

Explanation:
another option

Katarina Peters
Canada
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Hungarian,

English
PRO pts in category: 7

5 hrs confidence:

dismal undertones

Explanation:
Hello,

This is what I'd say.

I hope it helps.

Reference: http://archives.thedaily.washington.edu/2000/012000/nA3.caba...

MatthewLaSon
United States
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

denoting the change of an era

Explanation:
Just wondering if it might mean this. La Cerisaie, (as far as I know) is about passing time and making decisions. If this play could follow on from that, then it may be about the end of one era and the beginning of the next.

Emma Paulay
France
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 32

13 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

voir ci dessous

Explanation:
apparemment les "accents crépusculaires" se réfèrent au "crepuscolari" groupe de poètes italiens du début du XXe s. (G. Gozzano, S. Corazzini, C. Govoni) dont l'œuvre est mélancolique et ironique en même temps.
J'ai vu sur un site "crepuscular poetry" mais je ne sais pas si "crepuscular" est le terme consacré.

Lidija Lazic
Serbia
Native speaker of:

French,

Serbian
PRO pts in category: 4

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French: accents crépusculaires

English translation: sombre overtones