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Muzikantske rozmarnosti

English translation: Musician's humorousness

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Slovak term or phrase:Muzikantske rozmarnosti
English translation:Musician's humorousness
Entered by: Maria Chmelarova

20:28 Feb 15, 2007
Slovak to English translations [PRO]
Music / Lyric translation
Slovak term or phrase: Muzikantske rozmarnosti
Again, this is a very short audio example for translation. The lyrics are consistently the same throughout the song and it's more about the variations on the melody, but I still want to know what this means and I can't begin to spell it...Please listen to the clip at:

http://palapala9.tripod.com/

This method worked well on the last question.
AbraCol
Local time: 10:36
Musician's humourness
Explanation:
if it is not a name of song ....

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-02-16 05:06:07 GMT)
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perhaps this is better - humorous- full of humor; humorously, humorousness

rozmarný - whimsical
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Maria Chmelarova
Local time: 13:36
Grading comment
Well, it's still a caprice, according to Hradistan, the source of the original lyrics and music which indicate brevity. I understand it to be a concise, whimsical melody. Also a Czech speaker pointed out "Jocundities" as being indicated in the title--this quality found in the rhythm of folk games in motion done by young pages. It seems that such adjectives as "light-hearted", "whimsical", and "caprice" all seem to fit in a way.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1Musicians' Caprices
Pro Lingua
5Musicians' light-heartness
Rad Graban (X)
4Musician's humourness
Maria Chmelarova


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Musicians' Caprices


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xPF-_2005475726
    Reference: http://www.musicabona.com/czechfolklore/cd/2.html.de
Pro Lingua
Local time: 19:36
Native speaker of: Slovak
Notes to answerer
Asker: Okay, it really does agree with the original Hradistan title. It's a short instrumental piece. Perhaps a wedding march as the lyrics are over and over: "Pacholata jdou" Someone on the Slovak list suggested it had to do with the "pages going" What does it mean to you? Young pages prominading at a wedding?


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agree  Lucia [Lulu] Lay
37 mins
  -> Dakujem
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Musician's humourness


Explanation:
if it is not a name of song ....

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-02-16 05:06:07 GMT)
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perhaps this is better - humorous- full of humor; humorously, humorousness

rozmarný - whimsical

Maria Chmelarova
Local time: 13:36
Native speaker of: Slovak
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
Well, it's still a caprice, according to Hradistan, the source of the original lyrics and music which indicate brevity. I understand it to be a concise, whimsical melody. Also a Czech speaker pointed out "Jocundities" as being indicated in the title--this quality found in the rhythm of folk games in motion done by young pages. It seems that such adjectives as "light-hearted", "whimsical", and "caprice" all seem to fit in a way.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Humourness is not a word in English.

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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Musicians' light-heartness


Explanation:
I just have to disagree with "caprice" suggestions. The connotation in Slovak is not the same, and definitely not in this context.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2007-02-16 04:18:07 GMT)
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Apart from that, you need to take into consideration that these are all old folk songs. I don't think that using "caprises" and/or humourness would work. IMHO

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-02-16 04:45:18 GMT)
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Never realised, it was in the title. In that case you should use Italian/international "Capriccio".

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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-02-16 06:45:28 GMT)
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It is. You get lots of answers from dictionaries, but having English as the language of habitual use for the past twelve years, I can suss out subttle differences in cohesion other people probably can't.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-02-16 06:58:06 GMT)
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Cohesion v Connotation (my apologies)

Rad Graban (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:36
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: I just looked up the Hradistan translation (see Pro Lingua's links) and they actually use the words "Musicians' Caprice" even though I like the feeling of your term "light heartedness". A "caprice, to my understanding, it an short instrumental piece and this one is a simple melody with many variations. So I understand why they title it this way now.

Asker: "Light-heartedness" is "rozmarnosti" in Slovak?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Maria Chmelarova: tiez si myslim ze "caprice "nie je spravny vyraz, hoci je pouzity v nazve piesne.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Maria. I think, it's very 'technical'. My earlier suggestion "capriccio", is probably even more technical, but at least proper, internationaly recognised, musical term
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