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German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / Circus performance | | German term or phrase: forzieren | Sind die Ingredienzen im Umgang mit der Zauberkunst, die Spiel-
Karten, schwarzen und roten Samttücher, Ringe, Bälle, Äpfel, Tauben nach den
geheimen Anleitungen des Magiers Pilarski über das Voltieren, Forzieren, Palmieren
in Beziehung gesetzt oder jagen sich die magischen Gegenstände und Figuren nach
dem Plan seines tödlichen Konkurrenten Viktor Cagliostro über die Leinwand?
From a surreal film about a circus by Anna Samoylovich.
I think "forzieren" usually means "acceleration".
Can it mean a sleight of hand or part of a circus performance? |
|  Alison KirklandKudoZ activityQuestions: 28 ( 2 open) ( 2 without valid answers) ( 2 closed without grading) Answers: 22
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| | card forcing | Explanation:
A card force is one of any number of methods used in close-up magic to apparently offer a subject a free or random choice of card, when in fact the magician knows in advance exactly which card will be chosen. This can then be revealed later in the trick.
A large variety of card forces exist. Most are based on sleight of hand.
Many tricks using card forces are amongst the simplest tricks to perform, and the classic card trick of the magician divining which card a participant has selected is approaching hackneyed status. It is perhaps for this reason that card forces are among the tricks most frequently exposed by professional magicians. For example Penn and Teller have exposed several on television, and Paul Daniels included explanations of a large range of forces - including ones that he continued to use in TV and stage performances - in a children's card magic set published in the 1980s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation_(magic)
Do you believe in magic? Learn how to do card forcing magic tricks using prestidigitation & sleight of hand techniques. A real magician's secrets are revealed in these simple card magic movies.
http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_3160_magic-tricks-card-forcing...
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 13:56
| Grading comment Thanks to Cilian O'Tuama too.
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41 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +3 card forcing
Explanation:
A card force is one of any number of methods used in close-up magic to apparently offer a subject a free or random choice of card, when in fact the magician knows in advance exactly which card will be chosen. This can then be revealed later in the trick.
A large variety of card forces exist. Most are based on sleight of hand.
Many tricks using card forces are amongst the simplest tricks to perform, and the classic card trick of the magician divining which card a participant has selected is approaching hackneyed status. It is perhaps for this reason that card forces are among the tricks most frequently exposed by professional magicians. For example Penn and Teller have exposed several on television, and Paul Daniels included explanations of a large range of forces - including ones that he continued to use in TV and stage performances - in a children's card magic set published in the 1980s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation_(magic)
Do you believe in magic? Learn how to do card forcing magic tricks using prestidigitation & sleight of hand techniques. A real magician's secrets are revealed in these simple card magic movies.
http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_3160_magic-tricks-card-forcing...
| Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Thanks to Cilian O'Tuama too. |
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