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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

another attenuated day of rehearse

French translation:

un autre jour de répétition sans saveur

Added to glossary by Mireille BOULANGER
Feb 18, 2014 20:05
10 yrs ago
English term

another attenuated day of rehearse

Not for points English to French Art/Literary Poetry & Literature novel
Context: From an American English novel - a music student reflects on her course and enjoys going to a secluded spot near a lake which has become a refuge from 'another attenuated day of rehearse, of practice...' I do not quite understand the meaning of ATTENUATED in this context and therefore can't think of the right translation for this adjective. Any suggestions?
Proposed translations (French)
4 +2 un autre jour de répétition sans saveur
3 un autre jour de répétition en sourdine
3 assourdi
Change log

Oct 26, 2014 08:17: Mireille BOULANGER Created KOG entry

Discussion

katsy Feb 18, 2014:
see here: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attenuate; my eye is caught by definition 3: to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : - a day whose value is lessened...
katsy Feb 18, 2014:
I would tend to agree with claude-andrew's line of thought - a day that is restricted because of the activity, not as full as it could be... but a strange use, I think
HERBET Abel Feb 18, 2014:
Agree with Tony
claude-andrew Feb 18, 2014:
Maybe the writer means that the rehearsing and practising are intense and preclude any other activities; the student's life is thereby attenuated in a certain fashion; but the author has transferred the epithet from her life to the day's practice. In French I might offer "... journée d'entraînement qui laisse peu de temps pour vivre / réspirer ..."
ormiston Feb 18, 2014:
it could mean that the activities are 'watered down' and somewhat unnecessarily spread out over the whole day, i.e.
une journée inutilement prolongée...?
Tony M Feb 18, 2014:
@ Asker Far be it from me to presume to suggest the writer made a mistake, but like you, I find this use of 'attenuated' mildly puzzling; I would have understood immediately if it had been 'extentuating'.
So I suppose we just have to try and figure out what the writer really meant by it...

Proposed translations

+2
10 hrs
Selected

un autre jour de répétition sans saveur

I agree with my colleagues about this loss of something in a day entirely dedicated to something and with no time for anything else..a bit difficult to give some nice rendering..

fade ??? gris ???
Peer comment(s):
agree katsy : J'aime bien - - la répétition "of rehearse, of practice" laisse entendre de la lassitude/ennui (boredom)
11 hrs
agree BrigitteHilgner
244 days
merci Brigitte
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
14 hrs

un autre jour de répétition en sourdine

J'interprète "attenuated" comme ne pas jouer vraiment, se retenir et jouer sans passion, la notion de sourdine pourrait convenir puisqu'elle vient du domaine musical
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3 hrs

assourdi

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Note added at 1 jour24 minutes (2014-02-19 20:29:09 GMT)
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assourdi par les répétitions, les pratiques...
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