Jun 14, 2011 21:38
12 yrs ago
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French term
rêverie technique
French to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
sculpture
The oxymoron text again:
"C’est bien à une rêverie technique à laquelle je me livre en ce moment, pour paradoxal que cela soit!"
Maybe this "rêverie technique" is a true oxymoron? Fatigue is setting in, so I'll see what you think at breakfast time. TIA
"C’est bien à une rêverie technique à laquelle je me livre en ce moment, pour paradoxal que cela soit!"
Maybe this "rêverie technique" is a true oxymoron? Fatigue is setting in, so I'll see what you think at breakfast time. TIA
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | dream-state technique |
Mike Birch
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| 3 | reverie technique |
Yvonne Gallagher
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References
| technique reverie |
José Patrício
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Proposed translations
+1
14 hrs
Mike Birch
Native in French
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English
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 3 more.
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4
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dream-state technique
He wanders off into a stream of subconscious oxymorons.
This is probably when his concentration is at its highest ("paradoxal").
This is probably when his concentration is at its highest ("paradoxal").
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
2 hrs
Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Ireland
Native in English
Specializes in field
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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24
reverie technique
Text does use the word paradoxical so probably is an oxymoron
anything to do with Dianetics I wonder? (Now there's an oxymoron with apologies to any "Scientologists" out there
L. Ron Hubbard - 2007 - Antiques & Collectibles - 677 pages
For by return with standard reverie technique, the source is approached; and if the source is contacted at all, the power of the engram to aberrate has ...
books.google.ie/books?isbn=140314446X...
1 posts - 6 authors - Last post: 19 Nov 2009
Also you can say that you've used the reverie technique to 'hypnotize' someone but you could also tell me that 'Porky got a pilot's license' ...
www.scnforum.org/index.php?t=post&reply_to=1538...S... - Cached
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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-06-15 13:09:24 GMT)
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yes, "power of engram to aberrate" is typical Hubbardspeak!
anything to do with Dianetics I wonder? (Now there's an oxymoron with apologies to any "Scientologists" out there
L. Ron Hubbard - 2007 - Antiques & Collectibles - 677 pages
For by return with standard reverie technique, the source is approached; and if the source is contacted at all, the power of the engram to aberrate has ...
books.google.ie/books?isbn=140314446X...
1 posts - 6 authors - Last post: 19 Nov 2009
Also you can say that you've used the reverie technique to 'hypnotize' someone but you could also tell me that 'Porky got a pilot's license' ...
www.scnforum.org/index.php?t=post&reply_to=1538...S... - Cached
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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-06-15 13:09:24 GMT)
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yes, "power of engram to aberrate" is typical Hubbardspeak!
Note from asker:
| "power of the engram to aberrate" - that's brilliant! |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Didier Fourcot
: My understanding (for what it is worth of this "charabia") is "a technique of reverie" with "technique" a noun when in the French source it is an adjective (technical reverie)?
10 hrs
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yeah, think it's "technique" (n) rather than reverie but in any case it's a bit mumbo-jumbo
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