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Explanation: This might be a poetic way of explaining the beating of a clock.
This is a well understood word in UK English. It is not used as often as clock/watch, but is used professionally to describe any clock/watch etc. Due to its historical associations it might work well in a poetic sense. It is often used to explain a clock that has no bell or chimes, therefore the beating idea could be important here.
"This made timepieces very expensive, so people relied more and more on clocks in public places"
"This modern stylish sports timepiece has been designed to endure the extremes of a 21st century sporting lifestyle" http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/timepiece
"Timepiece (plural timepieces) = noun
Timepiece
Any device that measures or registers time; a clock or watch, especially one lacking a chime or other striking mechanism.
...Strictly, a timepiece is a timekeeping instrument that lacks a striking mechanism (e.g., a bell, chimes, or gong) to announce the passage of time. One with a striking mechanism is a clock. Although this traditional distinction is overlooked by some, it is commonly noted in dictionaries, glossaries of clock terms, and reference books on clocks, in addition to being widely maintained among knowledgeable collectors, major auction houses, horological museums, and watch manufacturers." http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/timepiece
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I agree with you. But in this context it is not the same. "ornic" is derived from the word "ceasornic" ie. they have the same linguistic roots up to a certain point, and comes from a term commonly understood by Romanians. However, there is absolutely no linguistic relation with the term "horologe" to any of the other terminology used in English to describe watches/clocks/clockwork etc. "horologe" is basically a word with latin roots that is understood only by those English speakers with either specialist knowledge of watch-making, or those like me, who have been educated in at least one latin based language.
My point is that if a poem or verse is cryptic or difficult to understand in the source language you'd normally want to achieve a similar effect in the target text.
That makes sense theoretically. However, the word "timepiece" is I believe just as archaic as "horologe" but has the benefit of actually being understood by more than 1% of English speakers.
re "I understand the point BUT Horologe & HOR+ words indicating watches/clocks is not understood by many UK English speaker"
Same with "ornic", I doubt even 1% of Romanian speakers know what it means without a dictionary. Timepiece, on the other hand, is still commonly used by manufacturers and advertisers today.
A more obscure word is appropriate here, the quirkier the better.
Lucrarea vorbeste despre transformarile spatiu-timp de tip Galilei, experimentul Michelson, teoria relativitatii etc. Dupa peste 50 de pagini, in final, apar cateva versuri din Arghezi si din Eminescu. Chiar nu este vorba de o "confluenta". Multumesc!
Draga Mihaela Ghiuzeli, multumesc pentru sugestie. Cat despre izul poetic, nici macar nu intra in dezideratele mele; traduc un material stiintific (fizica). Intamplator se incheie cu acest vers al lui Arghezi. Multumesc inca o data!
Mihaela Ghiuzeli Local time: 07:31 Specializes in field Native speaker of: Romanian PRO pts in category: 40
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Timepiece
Explanation: This might be a poetic way of explaining the beating of a clock.
This is a well understood word in UK English. It is not used as often as clock/watch, but is used professionally to describe any clock/watch etc. Due to its historical associations it might work well in a poetic sense. It is often used to explain a clock that has no bell or chimes, therefore the beating idea could be important here.
"This made timepieces very expensive, so people relied more and more on clocks in public places"
"This modern stylish sports timepiece has been designed to endure the extremes of a 21st century sporting lifestyle" http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/timepiece
"Timepiece (plural timepieces) = noun
Timepiece
Any device that measures or registers time; a clock or watch, especially one lacking a chime or other striking mechanism.
...Strictly, a timepiece is a timekeeping instrument that lacks a striking mechanism (e.g., a bell, chimes, or gong) to announce the passage of time. One with a striking mechanism is a clock. Although this traditional distinction is overlooked by some, it is commonly noted in dictionaries, glossaries of clock terms, and reference books on clocks, in addition to being widely maintained among knowledgeable collectors, major auction houses, horological museums, and watch manufacturers." http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/timepiece
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"If it was a TIMEPIECE that was used by the German armies over the last 150 years -- whether in a cockpit, on a flight deck, in a submarine, by special naval forces, or in any other function -- then it is presented in Military TIMEPIECES."
"The pocket watch of the early 1800s was a reliable, practical and often ingenious TIMEPIECE. However, it was still the prerogative of the rich,..."
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