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Title	Aber ist es so, dass, "sich historische...
Text Submitted by milkman	Source language: German Aber ist es so, dass, "sich historische RÃ¼ckblenden und stilistische Anleihen mit zeitgenÃ¶ssischen Anregungen und personalem Duktus amalgamieren mÃ¶chten, ohne je zu einer Ã¼berzeugenden Synthese zu gelangen"?

Title	But is it so..
Translation English Translated by itsatrap100	Target language: English But is it the case that "historical flashbacks and stylistic borrowings with contemporary ideas should mix with personal style without this mixture ever attaining any convincing synthesis" ?
Remarks about the translation	edit I think "suggestions" as I found in the dictionary really means "ideas". MÃ¶chten, here I translated as should, not can, I am not sure myself if this is the best word, but it fits with the rest of the sentence. e.g, Much as we should like to ... So gerne wir mÃ¶chten "mix", instead of "mixed" in keeping with the infinitive use of amalgamieren.

Validated by kafetzou - 14 February 2009 09:24

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	Author	Message
		7 February 2009 21:06
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972
		10 February 2009 22:39
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Kafetzou? Tantine? What do you think? I'm completely lost here! CC: kafetzou Tantine
		11 February 2009 00:56
	Tantine Number of messages: 2747	Hi Lilly It seems to be don't really understand what "stylistic loans" are. The rest of the text, though somewhat complicated, seems to be about writing style. "Can it be said to be true that "contemporary style and historical flashbacks can be mixed together with personal style without this mixture of styles ever creating a convincing synthesis" Hope this helps Beijos Tantine
		11 February 2009 08:18
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	I like Tantine's version.
		13 February 2009 11:11
	itsatrap100 Number of messages: 279	What do you think about it now?
		13 February 2009 17:37
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	This is good, but "Is it so that" doesn't sound like English. It would be better to say something like "Is it the case that" or "Is it true that".
		13 February 2009 17:58
	itsatrap100 Number of messages: 279	I have to admit I got a bit confused reading this text and looked up "stylistic loans" to get some kind of idea what is being talked about here.
		13 February 2009 19:33
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Maybe "style borrowings" would be better. Where did you look it up, itsatrap100?
		14 February 2009 08:25
	itsatrap100 Number of messages: 279	Stylistic borrowings/loans is the correct term. You are right. I looked it up in my Collins German dictionary. Anleihe = meaning 1) loan 2) bond Online I found many more uses of "borrowings" than "loans".
		14 February 2009 09:24
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	There's nothing wrong with looking a word up in a dictionary. Shall we agree on "stylistic borrowings" then? I think we can accept this now.
		14 February 2009 10:58
	itsatrap100 Number of messages: 279	I've been looking up a lot of words in dictionaries recently.
		14 February 2009 13:49
	milkman Number of messages: 773	Thank you very much everybody. It really helps!
		14 February 2009 17:29
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	Oh milkman - it's you! Hi!