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Erzählstrom

English translation: narrative flow

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German term or phrase:Erzählstrom
English translation:narrative flow
Entered by: Chris Rowson (X)

06:32 Nov 13, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
German term or phrase: Erzählstrom
"Keine der Nummern hat einen stabilen Schluss; überhaupt bleibt vieles formal offen; umgekehrt werden Zusammenhänge mehrfach durch Generalpausen unterbrochen. Auf den ersten Eindruck mag die Musik zerklüftet wirken, aber es zieht sich ein innerer Erzählstrom durch die Entwicklung - dem Gesang eines Rhapsoden vergleichbar."

Still on Beethoven Op. 131 (it´s a big text). But this is Literary Challenge time again :-)
Chris Rowson (X)
Local time: 07:00
narrative flow / narrative thread
Explanation:
two possibilities
Selected response from:

NGK
United States
Local time: 00:00
Grading comment
Thanks very much Norbert, you´re a star! - " ... but it acquires an internal narrative flow ... "

Thanks to Laura too. "Narrating flow" is interesting, but doesn´t quite work for me. Somehow it´s rather surprising, and thus disturbs the flow of the sentence, creating a contradiction of the content by the form.


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Summary of answers provided
4 +11narrative flow / narrative thread
NGK
4"recurring theme"?
Hilary Davies Shelby
3narrating flow
verbis


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
Erzählstrom
narrative flow / narrative thread


Explanation:
two possibilities


    Reference: http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=narrat...
    Reference: http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=narrat...
NGK
United States
Local time: 00:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 2954
Grading comment
Thanks very much Norbert, you´re a star! - " ... but it acquires an internal narrative flow ... "

Thanks to Laura too. "Narrating flow" is interesting, but doesn´t quite work for me. Somehow it´s rather surprising, and thus disturbs the flow of the sentence, creating a contradiction of the content by the form.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Johnson: Narrative thread is great!
43 mins
agree  Maureen Holm, J.D., LL.M.: or narrative line, but 'flow' works well w/ music here
46 mins
agree  Gareth McMillan: Narrative flow is great!
50 mins
agree  Steffen Walter: either one, with slight preference for the "thread"
52 mins
agree  Lori Dendy-Molz: I like "flow" slightly better
1 hr
agree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X): was just about to suggest "narrative flow":-)
1 hr
agree  jerrie
2 hrs
agree  Nicole Tata: yep, that's the one
2 hrs
agree  Mario Marcolin: or narrative stream
3 hrs
agree  Hilary Davies Shelby: you could create some nice metaphors with this
6 hrs
agree  Olaf Reibedanz: I prefer "narrative flow"
6 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
narrating flow


Explanation:

I am of the opinion that, in the present case, it is a "narrating" and not a "narrative" flow

it is Beethoven............

ciao

Laura

verbis
Local time: 07:00
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 154
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"recurring theme"?


Explanation:
something I have heard used quite a bit in music, thought i would suggest it as an alternative...

Hilary Davies Shelby
United States
Local time: 00:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 641
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