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English translation: signs independent of the sound they represent
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| 17:00 Feb 12, 2005 |
| Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / stile di un artista | |||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1symbols that are quite unconnected with the sounds they represent Explanation: "The first consists of letters quite unconnected with pronunciation" http://www.spellingsociety.org/pubs/books/cs/cschap1.pdf -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 40 mins (2005-02-12 17:40:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- OR like symbols quite unconnected with the sounds they represent |
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45 mins confidence:
symbols that are completely separate from the sounds they represent Explanation: NoName uses letters in his (or her) art as images, as symbols that are completely separate from the sounds they represent. I've also wondered about using autonomous or distinct, but I think I'll go for separate. Signs or symbols? Again, I'm not certain. In semiotics I expect they'd use signs, but as we're talking visual arts here, I think symbols would work better. It would be easier for non-specialists to understand. It depends on your probable readership, I think. |
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20 hrs confidence:
symbols independent of the sound they represent Explanation: NoName uses letters as unique symbols, independent of the sounds they are more commonly associated with (può andare?) |
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signs independent from the sound they represent Explanation: segno/sign is from the field of semiotics whereas symbol seems to me more generic; if we are still talking about letters, I would definitely use signs -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 hrs 23 mins (2005-02-13 14:23:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and, as the colleague has suggested, independent of.... independent from is an italianism -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 hrs 23 mins (2005-02-13 14:23:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and, as the colleague has suggested, independent of.... independent from is an italianism |
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