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Rezeptionsvorgaben

English translation: reception parameters / parameters of reception

16:15 Aug 8, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
German term or phrase: Rezeptionsvorgaben
From a research proposal seeking funding for a project which will examine a particular area of medieval literature.

Damit ist die doppelte Orientierung des Vorhabens angedeutet, Text und Medium in ihren vielfachen, wechselseitigen Beziehungen zu untersuchen, um so sprachliche und gestalterische Rezeptionsvorgaben historisch zu rekonstruieren.
Armorel Young
Local time: 09:51
English translation:reception parameters / parameters of reception
Explanation:
I like "parameters" here, but "art consumption" sucks. We are talking about literature here, and "reception" is (or was once) a bit of a buzzword among pretentious literary circles; there was even such a thing as "reception theory".
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Richard Benham
France
Local time: 10:51
Grading comment
I take on board the points made by Maq and the information in his references (thanks, Maq), but like Richard's suggestion of using parameters to get the gist of the idea across.
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Summary of answers provided
4reception parameters / parameters of reception
Richard Benham
3conventions of reception / reception conventions
NGK
3parameters of art consumption
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3potential for reception
maq


  

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conventions of reception / reception conventions


Explanation:
might work

NGK
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parameters of art consumption


Explanation:
Hi Armorel.I thought it was easier to find a translation for that.:(

------ (X)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reception parameters / parameters of reception


Explanation:
I like "parameters" here, but "art consumption" sucks. We are talking about literature here, and "reception" is (or was once) a bit of a buzzword among pretentious literary circles; there was even such a thing as "reception theory".

Richard Benham
France
Local time: 10:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
I take on board the points made by Maq and the information in his references (thanks, Maq), but like Richard's suggestion of using parameters to get the gist of the idea across.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
potential for reception


Explanation:
It´s a technical term, very difficult to translate. On one of the web references below it is rendered as "structured prefigurement". On the other one it is defined as the property of the work to predetermine its reception, which is what I have tried to catch.

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Note added at 4 hrs 43 mins (2004-08-08 20:58:54 GMT)
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Sorry, on the first reference it should be \"Iser\", not \"lser\".


    Reference: http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/wyrick/debclass/lser.htm
    Reference: http://www.frtg.de/privat/sw/handout.htm
maq
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