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Rorate

English translation: Rorate

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German term or phrase:Rorate
English translation:Rorate
Entered by: Jo Bennett

08:46 Sep 15, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Religion
German term or phrase: Rorate
"Rorate mit dem Gesangsverein"
Translating a list of events leading up to Christmas in the Tyrol
I know what it is (Wikipedia) - I just don't know what it's called in English
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 22:46
Rorate
Explanation:
I agree that Rorate Coeli ("Drop down ye heavens") should be left in Latin. However, to indicate to English readers an event (rather than a short choral piece), it needs a gloss (eg "Advent choral concert" or "Advent church service" - it sounds from your description as if that is what is meant). Otherwise "Rorate" is normally understood in the UK very specifically as a musical setting of the short Latin text from the Advent Vespers versicles and responses.
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Jo Bennett
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:46
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Rorate


Explanation:
I agree that Rorate Coeli ("Drop down ye heavens") should be left in Latin. However, to indicate to English readers an event (rather than a short choral piece), it needs a gloss (eg "Advent choral concert" or "Advent church service" - it sounds from your description as if that is what is meant). Otherwise "Rorate" is normally understood in the UK very specifically as a musical setting of the short Latin text from the Advent Vespers versicles and responses.

Example sentence(s):
  • Here is a list of the choir’s repertoire from January 1997 to June 2007. … J. Handl – Rorate coeli…..

    Reference: http://www.stalbanschamberchoir.org.uk/Repertoire.htm
Jo Bennett
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:46
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nicole Schnell
13 mins
  -> Thanks Nicole!
agree  LegalTrans D
30 mins
  -> Thanks Volkmar!
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): good comment, too
1 hr
  -> Thanks Ingeborg!
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