as decisively constellated as

French translation: (des instants) d'intensité / de densité dramatique...

13:23 Jan 24, 2012
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
English term or phrase: as decisively constellated as
Some of Robert Capa's photographs manifest a lyricism as tender as that in the work of his friend André Kertész, and others are of moments as decisively constellated as those captured by Henri Cartier-Bresson, another friend.

Comment traduiriez-vous "constellated" dans ce contexte ?
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Virginie Ebongué
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Local time: 11:21
French translation:(des instants) d'intensité / de densité dramatique...
Explanation:
Des instants d'intensité / de densité dramatique qui rappellent ceux...

J'ose une traduction moins littérale, mais qui me semble mieux rendre l'idée, en opposition au "tender lyricism". Voir aussi le concept "d'instant décisif" d'Henry Cartier Bresson :

Il est l'inventeur du concept de « l'instant décisif », qui est aussi le titre du recueil où il ...
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson

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Prego! Il piacere è mio :)
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Laura Cecci Dupuy
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Local time: 11:21
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Grazie mille ! ;-)
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Summary of answers provided
4des instants d'un éclat aussi décisif que
FX Fraipont (X)
3 +1constellation de moments aussi remarquablement splendides que ceux...
mimi 254
4des constellations incroyables d'instants...
Isabelle Cluzel
3absolument merveilleux (tout comme...)
Odile Raymond
3(des instants) d'intensité / de densité dramatique...
Laura Cecci Dupuy


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des instants d'un éclat aussi décisif que


Explanation:
dans l'oeuvre de H C-B

"con·stel·late    /ˈkɒnstəˌleɪt/
verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
to cluster together, as stars in a constellation.
Origin: 1615–25; < Late Latin constellātus star-studded, equivalent to Latin con- con- + stell ( a ) star + -ātus -ate1 "
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/constellate

FX Fraipont (X)
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absolument merveilleux (tout comme...)


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constellation de moments aussi remarquablement splendides que ceux...


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http://av1611.com/kjbp/kjv-dictionary/constellate.html

mimi 254
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des constellations incroyables d'instants...


Explanation:
d'autres forment des constellations incroyables d'instants qui rappellent les clichés d'Henri C.-B.

Isabelle Cluzel
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(des instants) d'intensité / de densité dramatique...


Explanation:
Des instants d'intensité / de densité dramatique qui rappellent ceux...

J'ose une traduction moins littérale, mais qui me semble mieux rendre l'idée, en opposition au "tender lyricism". Voir aussi le concept "d'instant décisif" d'Henry Cartier Bresson :

Il est l'inventeur du concept de « l'instant décisif », qui est aussi le titre du recueil où il ...
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson

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Prego! Il piacere è mio :)

Laura Cecci Dupuy
France
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Grazie mille ! ;-)
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