translation of "silver mist" - stage design Thread poster: Ana Alvares
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Ana Alvares 
Portugal
Local time: 04:25
English to Portuguese
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I am translating a book on modern drama as a trainee translator and I came across the description of a staging where:
"The stage seemed ffilled with bluish green silver-mist."
What I found out was that “silver mist” is a kind of grass ou bush that is often used for decoration purposes; furthermore, “silver mist” is also often used as a “brand name” to many kinds of things, from a car to clothes or pottery. A botanical engineer suggested “junípero-das-praias” as a tr... See more I am translating a book on modern drama as a trainee translator and I came across the description of a staging where:
"The stage seemed ffilled with bluish green silver-mist."
What I found out was that “silver mist” is a kind of grass ou bush that is often used for decoration purposes; furthermore, “silver mist” is also often used as a “brand name” to many kinds of things, from a car to clothes or pottery. A botanical engineer suggested “junípero-das-praias” as a translation but my problem is that it is too technical. It is an interesting translation problem Can anyone help me with more information about the “hidden meanings and implications” of “silver mist”? or even a translation proposal? (Spanish, Italian and French are also just fine).
Muito obrigada! Ana Álvares ▲ Collapse
| | | | Juan Jacob
Mexico
Local time: 21:25
French to Spanish
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| Suggestion... | Jun 11, 2004 |
Please, enter your question in KudoZ Term Questions, it's there exactly for that. Luck.
Juan.
| | | | | Latin name ... | Jun 11, 2004 |
In case it's of any help, its Latin name is cedrus deodara and it's also known as Himalayan cedar (le cèdre de l'Himalaya in French). Try typing the following into google to get the Portuguese name(I assume you're translating into Portuguese).
+Plant (in Portuguese, of course)+cedrus deodara.
I often translate plant names for homoeopathy translations and this method always works well (just typing the common name of the plant into google, finding the Latin name and working fr... See more In case it's of any help, its Latin name is cedrus deodara and it's also known as Himalayan cedar (le cèdre de l'Himalaya in French). Try typing the following into google to get the Portuguese name(I assume you're translating into Portuguese).
+Plant (in Portuguese, of course)+cedrus deodara.
I often translate plant names for homoeopathy translations and this method always works well (just typing the common name of the plant into google, finding the Latin name and working from there).
Good luck!
Sarah ▲ Collapse
| | | | vixen
Greece
Local time: 06:25
English to Dutch
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| Please post as a KudoZ question | Jun 11, 2004 |
Hi,
Since this is a translation question, you should really post it as a KudoZ question in the relevant language pair, e.g. English-English or English-Portuguese.
To do so, select 'Ask Question' from the 'KudoZ' menu and you will see a form where you can enter the relevant data.
Good luck!
Marianne
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:25
Russian to English
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In memoriam | Silver Mist as a brand name for a car | Jun 11, 2004 |
Silver Mist was indeed once the brand name for a Rolls-Royce car. They originally intended to market it in Germany under the name "Silberne Mist", but had to change it to something else when someone pointed out the meaning of "Mist" in German, which my dictionary defines as "dung, manure, muck."
| | | | Heinrich Pesch
Finland
Local time: 06:25
Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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Must be theater fog or fume, just in case wou still need an explanation.
| | | | | In my opinion, Heinrich is right | Jun 12, 2004 |
I originally thought you were sure it was a plant, which is why I gave you the plant name, but the theatre fog/brume/Nebel explanation makes a lot more sense.
ATB,
Sarah
| | | | Heinrich Pesch
Finland
Local time: 06:25
Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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| More Green Mist | Jun 13, 2004 |
Today I noticed, our favorite tea is called "Green Mist", belonging to the Fair Trade group of products.
But probably this refers to some image of fog too.
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Ana Alvares
Portugal
Local time: 04:25
English to Portuguese
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TOPIC STARTER
Thank you all for your help. I couldn't come to the internet for the past 2 weeks. It seems to be a kind of fog indeed, although I think it should have been written "The stage seemed filled with bluish green silver mist." (without the dash, or with dashes between the colours).
Thank you once more!
Ana
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