Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

relevant du sensible

English translation:

that draws on sensation

Added to glossary by Vanessa Lindsey
Aug 13, 2005 14:57
18 yrs ago
French term

relevant du sensible

French to English Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama surrealism
Text about a film. Section on imagination and dreams.

Context:
Et afin de restituer cette « pensée du dehors », il pose les termes d’une constellation complexe, un agrégat du temps, du magique, et des imaginaires, soit une forme de complexité relevant du sensible.

Proposed translations

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that draws on perceptions and sensations

seems to be the discourse..perception and sensation is the first meaning in French for le sensible..suggest you use a French monolingual dictionary in translating French criticism discourse

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Note added at 7 hrs 51 mins (2005-08-13 22:48:51 GMT)
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that draws on sensation. that draws on perceptions.

I think senses is wrong.
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17 mins

that appeals to the senses

an idea

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-08-13 15:17:40 GMT)
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a form of complexity relating to/dealing with sensitivity

another idea. Good luck! :-)
Peer comment(s):

disagree Jane Lamb-Ru (X) : it does not mean Appeal..it means the author draws his inspiration from
1 day 3 hrs
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3 hrs

based on the senses

the "complex constellation" is based on entities shaped by the senses: (passage of time' magic, imaginaries)
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7 hrs

sense derived

just another suggestion (in which case, you could set it before complexity, with a hyphen... I think); anything that shows a causal connection should work.
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