German: AussagefunktionEnglish translation: message 
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | German term or phrase: Aussagefunktion | das Verhältnis von Inhalt und Aussagefunktion der Novellen ......
(about Boccaccio's stories) |
| | | message | Explanation:
the relationship between the content and the message presented by the novellas
It seems to me that Funktion needn't be translated. |
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
| Note from asker to answererThat's the word I was looking for - "what the story is trying to say". Thank you.
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| message
Explanation:
the relationship between the content and the message presented by the novellas
It seems to me that Funktion needn't be translated.
| Kim Metzger
Mexico
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Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 169
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| Note from asker to answerer| That's the word I was looking for - "what the story is trying to say". Thank you. |
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| message
Explanation:
is what Langenscheidt offers for "künstlerische Aussage", but perhaps too colloquial for your context...
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Note added at 21 mins (2004-08-10 15:02:08 GMT)
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is this a question of form versus substance?
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| key function
Explanation:
Message is perfect. But I was thinking about interpretative or sense-giving key functions.
Perception, Interpretation, and the Signs of Art - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... we must recognize as anterior to ‘sense-giving acts’ (Bedeutungsgebende ... the ‘poetic’
(that is, aesthetic) function of an ... The Reader, the Text, the Poem ...
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The translation workplace 
