Stimmungsbilder

English translation: vignettes

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German term or phrase:Stimmungsbilder
English translation:vignettes
Entered by: Helen Shiner

18:33 Nov 17, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / old war poem
German term or phrase: Stimmungsbilder
This all the context I have:
Vor Lüttich!

Stimmungsbilder vor dem Sturm unseres Regiments

auf das Fort Boncelles. - August 1914

Von Leutnant Dürre.

Stimmung = mood but I do not know how to translate it in this context.
Yini
United States
Local time: 02:09
vignettes
Explanation:
I don't normally post two answers separately, but this is so different from my other suggestion, I will on this occasion.

If it is poetry, then a standard term is 'vignette':

In theatrical script writing, sketch stories, and poetry, a vignette is a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives a trenchant impression about a character, idea, setting, or object.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignette_(literature)

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A Vignette, Old French, is a brief descriptive verse. This is a genre of verse that uses clear and detailed images to paint a picture of a moment in time. The Vignette is timeless, it can be found in the books of the Bible, Ralph Waldo Emerson was called a master of vignettes and today's rappers use different vignettes within their first and second strophes to set a scene and expand on it.

A vignette is usually short and focused. The frame of the Vignette is at the discretion of the poet. A syllabic verse form also called a Vignette is one of the many frames a poet might choose. Emerson writes the following Vignette in Blank Verse.

Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daughters of Time, the hypocritic Days,
Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes,
And marching single in an endless file,
Bring diadems and fagots in their hands.
To each they offer gifts after his will,
Bread, kingdoms, stars, and sky that holds them all.
I, in my pleached garden, watched the pomp,
Forgot my morning wishes, hastily
Took a few herbs and apples, and the Day
Turned and departed silent. I, too late,
Under her solemn fillet saw the scorn."

http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?/topic/2209-vignet...

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Glad to help.
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Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:09
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2impressions
Susanne Rindlisbacher
4 +2vignettes
Helen Shiner
3atmospheric images
Helen Shiner
3the moment's imagery (images)
Michael Martin, MA


Discussion entries: 15





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
impressions


Explanation:
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Susanne Rindlisbacher
Portugal
Local time: 06:09
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
1 min
  -> Danke, philgoddard. Ich glaube, Yini hat richtig entschieden.

agree  BrigitteHilgner
12 hrs
  -> Danke, Brigitte. Ich glaube, Yini hat richtig entschieden.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
atmospheric images


Explanation:
This might work. They images giving a flavour of what it was like. Since, from your other questions, this is not about sightseeing, but about war. Is this a caption for images? Or a longer more descriptive bit of text. If the latter, you could unpack it a bit. If a caption, which I presume it is, then this is my suggestion.

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Then vignette would be what I would use.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 139
Notes to answerer
Asker: It is the heading - there is no picture only what I posted. It is placed at the top immediately followed by the poem.

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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the moment's imagery (images)


Explanation:
Stimmungsbilder strikes me as an everyday expression that may also be used in literary writing but isn’t necessarily language of a higher register. “Impressions” is on the right track but needs to be more pointed. I suspect this is one of those cases when different languages approach the same concept from different angles. The German expression, by the looks of it, focuses on mood and atmosphere, and yet, there’s an immediacy to it that’s lost when translated literally (atmospheric images). IMO, that immediacy is only regained in English if you spell out what Stimmungsbilder do best: capture the moment well

"The Assyrians polished chronicles into history, the Egyptians pulled up history into the epic, and the Far East gave to the modern world those delicate forms of poetry that rest all their excellence on subtle insights phrased in a moment's imagery."
https://books.google.com/books?id=CfGPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1080&lpg...


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"A moment’s imagery before the charge of our regiment"

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 02:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 43
Notes to answerer
Asker: I agree with what you are saying about capturing the essence or maybe the intention of the author. I am not a native speaker of either German or English, but I think that 'impressions' give a more subjective meaning to the word.

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
vignettes


Explanation:
I don't normally post two answers separately, but this is so different from my other suggestion, I will on this occasion.

If it is poetry, then a standard term is 'vignette':

In theatrical script writing, sketch stories, and poetry, a vignette is a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives a trenchant impression about a character, idea, setting, or object.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignette_(literature)

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Note added at 19 mins (2015-11-17 18:52:59 GMT)
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A Vignette, Old French, is a brief descriptive verse. This is a genre of verse that uses clear and detailed images to paint a picture of a moment in time. The Vignette is timeless, it can be found in the books of the Bible, Ralph Waldo Emerson was called a master of vignettes and today's rappers use different vignettes within their first and second strophes to set a scene and expand on it.

A vignette is usually short and focused. The frame of the Vignette is at the discretion of the poet. A syllabic verse form also called a Vignette is one of the many frames a poet might choose. Emerson writes the following Vignette in Blank Verse.

Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daughters of Time, the hypocritic Days,
Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes,
And marching single in an endless file,
Bring diadems and fagots in their hands.
To each they offer gifts after his will,
Bread, kingdoms, stars, and sky that holds them all.
I, in my pleached garden, watched the pomp,
Forgot my morning wishes, hastily
Took a few herbs and apples, and the Day
Turned and departed silent. I, too late,
Under her solemn fillet saw the scorn."

http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?/topic/2209-vignet...

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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2015-11-19 00:01:00 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to help.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 139
Grading comment
Thank you -

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil ;)

agree  Ramey Rieger (X): Yes, but they also keep US together.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Ramey (bit distracted this evening, as have a sick cat to attend to. They always find ways of derailing, don't they?/They do ;))
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