Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
une part de reve
English translation:
a dreamlike quality
Added to glossary by
Laura Robertson
Apr 11, 2005 13:02
19 yrs ago
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French term
France
Rapid and reliable
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: French to English
une part de reve
French to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
I'm looking for an attractive way to say this... avoiding the use of imagination or imaginative.
It refers to an artist who likes to maintain "une part de reve" in his work.
It refers to an artist who likes to maintain "une part de reve" in his work.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +14 | a dreamlike quality |
suezen
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| 5 | his work reflects his dreamcape in part/his work reflect his chimera in part |
Carmen Schultz
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| 5 | something of a dream |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 3 +1 | fantasy |
Bruce Berger
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| 4 | creative dreamwork |
Jocelyne S
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| 4 | an element of dream |
Dylan Edwards
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| 3 | make-believe |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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Proposed translations
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a dreamlike quality
it conveys a dreamlike quality
it has a dreamlike aspect
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or surreal
it has a dreamlike aspect
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or surreal
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks"
9 mins
Carmen Schultz
Native in English
Accurate & Reliable
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 2 more.
his work reflects his dreamcape in part/his work reflect his chimera in part
A couple of sugg.
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oops, I mean dreamscape (with an \"s\")
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oops, I mean dreamscape (with an \"s\")
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23 mins
fantasy
I know that "fantasy"="fantasie", and that "reve" here could easily be "dream", but in art, dreamlike can also be fantasy quality... just a possibility...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
David Vaughn
: Yes, this is much closer to the French meaning than "dreamlike"
38 mins
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27 mins
creative dreamwork
a piece (or a slice?) of creative dreamwork...
another suggestion.
another suggestion.
51 mins
make-believe
it is not so much "dreams" as fantsay and make-believe
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magical
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SOMETHING ETHEREAL
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magical
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SOMETHING ETHEREAL
2 hrs
something of a dream
Il y a une part de reve dans son oeuvre...
There is something of a dream in his work..
Naturally, how it is translated depends on the sentence in which it appears....
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OR: something dreamlike in his work....
There is something of a dream in his work..
Naturally, how it is translated depends on the sentence in which it appears....
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OR: something dreamlike in his work....
2 hrs
Dylan Edwards
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Greek to English, Czech to English, Slovak to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
an element of dream
At first I thought of this as something like a recipe: "one part dream...".
An element of dream must also be re-introduced. For my part, I recommend
the "covered islet", that I tried out for the first time in Rue des ...
www.france.diplomatie.gouv.fr/label_france/ ENGLISH/DOSSIER/architecture/05.html
This is a remarkably successful story which uses the element of dream in a
very powerful way. It is dangerous and difficult to use dream in fiction. ...
www.carmelbird.com/judge.htm
This looks like a good example, where the prosaic is mixed with an element of dream:
There is a considerable element of dream in these works and simple objects are given
added value by it: the prosaic roadworks, the solitary tree, even the ...
www.wai.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseAction=SM.nav& UUID=95698FC7-0CDD-A025-2174E75714E0A5C1&language=cy
This is how I understood it on first impression: an element of dream possibly mixed with the ordinary or the realistic...
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quattrocento primitivism with elements of modernism derived principally from Matisse and a third element of dream: his late paintings are very amazing. ...
www.tadspurgeon.com/painters.php?page=painters
or fraught with difficulty allow the audience to experience a release from the
seriousness of real life, hence the element of dream in Shakespearean comedy ...
members.fortunecity.com/sam_bell/shakcomedy.html
An element of dream must also be re-introduced. For my part, I recommend
the "covered islet", that I tried out for the first time in Rue des ...
www.france.diplomatie.gouv.fr/label_france/ ENGLISH/DOSSIER/architecture/05.html
This is a remarkably successful story which uses the element of dream in a
very powerful way. It is dangerous and difficult to use dream in fiction. ...
www.carmelbird.com/judge.htm
This looks like a good example, where the prosaic is mixed with an element of dream:
There is a considerable element of dream in these works and simple objects are given
added value by it: the prosaic roadworks, the solitary tree, even the ...
www.wai.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseAction=SM.nav& UUID=95698FC7-0CDD-A025-2174E75714E0A5C1&language=cy
This is how I understood it on first impression: an element of dream possibly mixed with the ordinary or the realistic...
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quattrocento primitivism with elements of modernism derived principally from Matisse and a third element of dream: his late paintings are very amazing. ...
www.tadspurgeon.com/painters.php?page=painters
or fraught with difficulty allow the audience to experience a release from the
seriousness of real life, hence the element of dream in Shakespearean comedy ...
members.fortunecity.com/sam_bell/shakcomedy.html
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