Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

thinking through

French translation:

Réfléchir au travers de

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May 31, 2011 15:24
12 yrs ago
English term

thinking through

English to French Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting sculpture
"This involves « modeling » an idea into physical form when the brain and hand work in unison allowing for further creative discoveries.
***Thinking through*** making is an important and integral element of my process: It allows the idea to develop and change."
I read "thinking through" as pondering/mulling over, and making = the making of a piece of sculpture.

Discussion

Mike Birch May 31, 2011:
"par le moyen de". Agree with JA. In pedagogy there is a phrase "Thinking through learning", which deliberately retains the other sense of "think through". However here the mulling over/analysis does not apply. Non-English author perhaps?
kashew (asker) May 31, 2011:
Have I got it all wrong? He later says, "I think through drawing – the primal language. Drawing for me is the instant mark from mind to hand. It is the visual creation of an idea, the beginning of what is to come. Basically drawing allows me to think and develop an idea visually."

Proposed translations

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Réfléchir au travers de

C'est un peu difficile de traduire "Thinking through" tout seul puisqu'il faut "think through" + quelque chose.
Je dessine moi-même beaucoup donc je pense que ce qu'il veut dire quand il dit "Thinking through making", c'est "réfléchir pendant le processus de création", il ne réfléchit pas à l'avance à ce qu'il va faire, il progresse pas à pas et conçoit au fur et à mesure.
Concernant "I think through drawing", ça me parait encore plus flagrant : "Je réfléchis en dessinant". Le dessin est une première ébauche de ce qu'il visualise dans son esprit, une ébauche qu'il parfait au fur et à mesure que lui viennent de nouvelles idées, idées qui lui viennent de ce qu'il a déjà dessiné. Comme, je dessine beaucoup, ça me parait assez évident mais tout aussi dur à expliquer.
Note from asker:
Merci bcp.
Seems the intended meaning - if we could hear the tape (emphasis, stressed word) there would be little doubt. Thanks
Peer comment(s):

agree GILLES MEUNIER
22 mins
agree Mike Birch : commented in discussion
30 mins
agree emiledgar
5 hrs
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11 mins

réfléchir à la création/à l'oeuvre

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11 mins

concevoir tout en faisant

thinking ---
through making

defining the process while actually modelling with your hands

Not "think it through" before you begin.
Note from asker:
Yes, that's how I read it now I've read the rest. Thanks for the French.
Peer comment(s):

agree Françoise Vogel : c'est comme ça que je le lis
11 mins
merci
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+1
45 mins

harmonie entre penser et concevoir

L'harmonie entre la pensée et la conception ( ou réalisation )est un élement important .......
Peer comment(s):

agree lancefredrick : c'est presque ca a mon avis
2 days 20 mins
Merci lance.Je suis artiste peintre , alors je sens ces choses .
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la création intelligente

think about it......
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8 hrs

modeler tout en continuant de réfléhir

As you stated it was about modeling...
modeler= making
tout en continuant de réfléchir= thinking through= continuing process of thinking while making an object...
The need for a complete change of phrasal structure often arises in this language pair...
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