volksschoonheid
English translation: woman of vulgar beauty
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| 05:50 Jul 12, 2010 |
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| 4 | local beauty/ folk beauty |
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| 3 | woman of vulgar beauty |
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| 2 | people's beauty |
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people's beauty Explanation: This is a quite literal attempt; it would depend on your context whether for example 'national beauty' or 'beauty queen' could work as well. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2010-07-12 08:43:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ... and I didn't even recognize it ;-) To be honest, beauty queen etc. have a somewhat modern feel to it and I doubt they'd fit well in Bordewijks timeframe. I hope some colleagues who specialize in literature of this era can come up with some options. Buxom wench is an expression I had never even heard of. Good luck on this! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2010-07-12 08:44:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- [3rd attempt of writing a note... it keeps disappearing] ... and I didn't even recognize it ;-) To be honest, beauty queen etc. have a somewhat modern feel to it and I doubt they'd fit well in Bordewijks timeframe. I hope some colleagues who specialize in literature of this era can come up with some options. Buxom wench is an expression I had never even heard of. Good luck with this! |
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local beauty/ folk beauty Explanation: opzichtige : flashy homegrown/homespun Beauty or perhaps small-town beauty |
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woman of vulgar beauty Explanation: woman of vulgar beauty letterlijk: een vrouw van volkse schoonheid "opzichtige volksschoonheid" zou dan kunnen zijn: woman of blatant vulgar beauty ... grow into a woman of blatant vulgar beauty het is een soort schoonheid die geen "echte schoonheid" is, maar een schoonheid die bij het volk in de smaak valt en de smaak van het volk weergeeft vergelijk: vulgar art vulgar - volks, alledaags, gewoon, vulgair We meet Swann as one who had known and tired of women in his aristocratic circle and discovered and developed a taste for "women of rather vulgar beauty" - cooks, seamstresses. He pursues them relentlessly, prepared to sacrifice a life-time's credit with a duchess to obtain access to the daughter of a steward whose "vulgar beauty" he would eat up and then discard. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/jul/12/featuresreviews.... |
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| Reference: Full text available at this link: Reference information: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bord001kara01_01/bord001kara01_01_... |
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