...das übergangslose Nebeneinander des immer internationaler werdenden...
English translation: immediate juxtaposition
| 13:02 May 24, 2005 |
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peer agreement (net): +1| ...das übergangslose Nebeneinander des immer internationaler werdenden... ... can exist side by side, apparently without any misgivings Explanation: The fact that the dismal miserable everyday life of the simple Chinese man continues alongside the exciting creative buzz of the art scene is reflected in the shameful fact that the increasingly international clientele of the art district can exist, apparently without any misgivings, alongside the 5,000 Chinese workers who eke out a meagre existence in derelict workshops and completely dilapidated homes. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 mins (2005-05-24 13:25:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ungeschönt refers to the shocking moral contrast between affluence and poverty, and the fact that it doesn\'t seem to shock the art patrons. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2005-05-24 13:28:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and \"das übergangslose Nebeneinander\" means that the affluent art patrons and the poverty-striken workers exist side by side and nobody seems to notice or feel any incongruity about it. |
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| ...das übergangslose Nebeneinander des immer internationaler werdenden... easy coexistence of the Art District public that is becoming ever more international Explanation: that's a draft ... ;-) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-24 13:07:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- let\'s see: Aufbruchsstimmung=general optimism / feeling that change is in the air / feeling that things are moving / ungeschoent=unvarnished mittlerweile=by now/in the meantime -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2005-05-24 13:16:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The dismal, miserable everyday life of the simple Chinese man continues alongside the energetic/excited feeling in the art scene that change is in the air/changes are happening clearly shows/sheds an unvarnished light on the coexistence of an increasingly international Art District public and the 5,000 Chinese workers who survive but with difficulty in the remaining workshops and dilapidated dwellings. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2005-05-24 13:18:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- forget *easy* ... doesn\'t work, I think I think you can drop *mittlerweile*; if not, you might have to write sth akin to: once beautiful housing that is now dilapidated My full suggestion shows that I switched the positions of *Art District* and *international* ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 7 mins (2005-05-24 15:10:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- *ungeschoent*: The contrast between the dismal ... and the energetic/excited ... reveal the plain/unadorned truth that ... coexist side by side. The contrast between ... make painfully clear/perfectly plain that ... coexist side by side. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 18 mins (2005-05-24 15:21:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- full sentence for latter options (and other changes): The contrast between the dismal, miserable everyday life of the simple Chinese man and the art scene\'s excited outlook that things are happening makes painfully clear/perfectly plain that the increasingly international art district scene and the 5,000 Chinese workers who survive but with difficulty in the few remaining workshops and dilapidated dwellings coexist side by side. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 19 mins (2005-05-24 15:22:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- full sentence for latter options (and other changes): The contrast between the dismal, miserable everyday life of the simple Chinese man and the art scene\'s excited outlook that things are happening makes painfully clear/perfectly plain that the increasingly international art district scene and the 5,000 Chinese workers who survive but with difficulty in the few remaining workshops and dilapidated dwellings coexist side by side. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 20 mins (2005-05-24 15:23:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ooops, sorry \'bout the duplicate posting; don\'t know what happened -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 32 mins (2005-05-24 15:35:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- also: for my first suggestion this morning, which wasn\'t so great: ... sheds light on the unvarnished truth ... for the last option: ... reveals an unvarnished truth: that ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 51 mins (2005-05-24 16:54:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- es hat mir keine Ruhe gelassen: ;-) totally dilapidated/decayed/rundown dwellings/houses/housing |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1immediate juxtaposition Explanation: And that the ordinary Chinese man continues in his dreary and wretched existence right next to this energetic art scene with its vision of a new tomorrow is starkly shown in the immediate juxtaposition of the increasingly international public of the art district and the 5000 Chinese workers scraping an existence in the workshops that are still in use and the dwellings that have now fallen into utter rack and ruin. I would use "immediate juxtaposition" as in a picture or a scene that you are observing rather than "coexistence" which somehow implies that the two sets are getting on. |
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