Wird zum Dementi des Sieges

English translation: recants/revokes all/any (anticipated) triumph

17:20 Jul 17, 2016
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
German term or phrase: Wird zum Dementi des Sieges
Hi everyone,

Could someone please help me with this sentence?
It's taken from a synopsis about the 1940's film "The Exile".

King Charles II of England returns to the throne, but his reign is bittersweet:

"Das Schlussscene wird zum Dementi des Sieges: der Held verschwindet aus dem Bild und erscheint noch einmal - jetzt als Denkmal."

The closing scene/final scene is a denial of triumph/victory (because he ends up as a monument).

Any better renderings, please?

Thanks in advance.

Dez
Desmond Graal
Local time: 22:41
English translation:recants/revokes all/any (anticipated) triumph
Explanation:
I would make two sentences:
The closing scene recants/revokes/deflates all (anticipated/any sense of) triumph. The (our) hero vanishes from the scene only to reappear (years later?) as a monument.



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Ramey Rieger (X)
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Local time: 22:41
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2recants/revokes all/any (anticipated) triumph
Ramey Rieger (X)
3 +1is turned into a repudiation of his triumph..
Michael Martin, MA
2underscores the bittersweet nature of his victory
Jonathan MacKerron
1... is an anticlimax...
Kphred


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... is an anticlimax...


Explanation:
The final scene is an anticlimax (Or, more literally: the final scene diminishes the victory), the hero disappears (or vanishes), returning in the form of his own memorial. This seems to be the gist of it, although the issue here is how literal the translation should be. Might be worthwhile to watch the movie.

Kphred
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Native speaker of: English
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recants/revokes all/any (anticipated) triumph


Explanation:
I would make two sentences:
The closing scene recants/revokes/deflates all (anticipated/any sense of) triumph. The (our) hero vanishes from the scene only to reappear (years later?) as a monument.





Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 22:41
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Native speaker of: English
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Thanks for the input.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: "is/represents/constitutes a recantation of" would also work well I think / what I meant is: solution with a noun
5 hrs
  -> Negates, denies, thereare many possibilities!

agree  Gudrun Wolfrath
14 hrs
  -> Mercí my dear - Summer is here!
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is turned into a repudiation of his triumph..


Explanation:
'Repudiation' might strike the right register here…

The final scene is turned into a repudiation of his triumph..


Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 17:41
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shivaun Conroy: I like the flow of this suggestion.
6 days
  -> Good point. Alternatively, you might just throw some phrases on the wall in the hope that some of it will stick.
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underscores the bittersweet nature of his victory


Explanation:
"bittersweet" fits well here IMO

Jonathan MacKerron
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