Nov 27, 2019 17:15
4 yrs ago
Italian term
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Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
potesse ritrovare il volto del mondo.
Italian to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Contemporary artist collection
Come se dentro ogni volto potesse ritrovare il proprio io, al contrario, come se nel proprio profilo potesse ritrovare il volto del mondo. Specchio dunque che riflette il mondo esterno e le interne tensioni;.....
I can think of nothing else except something literal, using "face", but it just doesn't sound right. Although its a shame not to use something connected to the face as this collection is mainly of faces....... ??
I can think of nothing else except something literal, using "face", but it just doesn't sound right. Although its a shame not to use something connected to the face as this collection is mainly of faces....... ??
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | could find the face of the world |
Fiona Grace Peterson
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| 4 | as if one could find...the mirror image of the world itself |
Lisa Jane
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| 2 | image of the world |
Pavel Altukhov
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Proposed translations
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Fiona Grace Peterson
Italy
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Italy
Just what the doctor ordered
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Works in: Italian to English
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Pavel Altukhov
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image of the world
Kant says it's image...
4 hrs
as if one could find...the mirror image of the world itself
come se nel proprio profilo potesse ritrovare il volto del mondo.
as if one (or she) could find in her profile the mirror image of the world itself.
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Note added at 5 hrs (2019-11-27 22:48:44 GMT)
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I read it as being the artist's but it's probably clearer to you as you have what comes before and after
as if one (or she) could find in her profile the mirror image of the world itself.
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Note added at 5 hrs (2019-11-27 22:48:44 GMT)
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I read it as being the artist's but it's probably clearer to you as you have what comes before and after
Note from asker:
| So whose profile is "her profile"? The portrait or the artist's? |
Discussion
But I like this:
"It ..... her faces or, then again, as if the world’s reflection appeared within those very contours. "