Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
"Une danse [...] écrite et réécrite, faite et défaite."
English translation:
a dance step defined and then redefined ,done,then undone.
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muitoprazer (X)
Nov 13, 2006 15:59
17 yrs ago
French term
"Une danse [...] écrite et réécrite, faite et défaite."
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
"Une danse à l’endroit et à l’envers, faite et refaite, écrite et réécrite, faite et défaite."
A poetic description of a style of dance movement.
I could use some input for the word play.
I'm posting this as two questions, each touching two pairs of adjectives.
A poetic description of a style of dance movement.
I could use some input for the word play.
I'm posting this as two questions, each touching two pairs of adjectives.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
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a dance step defined and then redefined ,done,then undone.
my take for this one
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Comment: "I used re/defined and other answers. Thanks all for the input."
9 mins
French term (edited):
écrite et réécrite,
written and rewritten/ composed and re-composed
designed and redesigned
3 hrs
French term (edited):
écrite et réécrite, faite et défaite.
written and rewritten, composed and decomposed
défaite - undone - decomposed
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: decomposed?
7 hrs
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| neutral |
Julie Barber
: yes, well I have to agree with Writeaway on this one!
13 hrs
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11 mins
French term (edited):
écrite et réécrite, faite et défaite
written and rewritten, created and dismantled
another idea
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Note added at 21 mins (2006-11-13 16:20:22 GMT)
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or performed and laid waste
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-11-13 21:21:18 GMT)
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maybe it needs phrasal verns ... put together and pulled apart, built up and taken apart,
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Note added at 21 mins (2006-11-13 16:20:22 GMT)
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or performed and laid waste
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-11-13 21:21:18 GMT)
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maybe it needs phrasal verns ... put together and pulled apart, built up and taken apart,
18 hrs
French term (edited):
constructed and deconstructed (for faite et défaite)
dancers often talk about constructing;
"Bodies in motion construct and deconstruct lines of movement across the space, abstract cartography."
"Bodies in motion construct and deconstruct lines of movement across the space, abstract cartography."
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