inhaalbeweging

English translation: recovering lost ground

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Dutch term or phrase:inhaalbeweging
English translation:recovering lost ground
Entered by: Jon O (X)

15:51 Sep 15, 2007
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
Dutch term or phrase: inhaalbeweging
"Voor de romantiek ten slotte stelt men, in het spoor van een handvol toonaangevende ensembles, een voorzichtige maar daarom niet minder effectieve inhaalbeweging vast"

From a text about a classical music orchestra
Jon O (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:32
recovering lost ground
Explanation:
I would say this sounds more like they mean this sort of thing. You would have to rearrange the sentence a bit. Sorry but I have no time tonight.
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Alice Saunders (X)
France
Local time: 03:32
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2recovering lost ground
Alice Saunders (X)
4overtaking(s) manoeuvre
FlorisvdB
4catch-up
Gerrit Veldman
3following
lexispro
2avant-guarde
jarry (X)


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recovering lost ground


Explanation:
I would say this sounds more like they mean this sort of thing. You would have to rearrange the sentence a bit. Sorry but I have no time tonight.

Alice Saunders (X)
France
Local time: 03:32
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: my reading too -- assuming (as is likely) that classical music from the Romantic period has generally been neglected in the country or area in question in recent years (or longer).
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  -> Thanks, Ken.

agree  Tina Vonhof (X): good option.
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  -> Thanks, Tina.
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avant-guarde


Explanation:
Just a guess


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jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 04:32
Native speaker of: English
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following


Explanation:
The context is thin but "inhaalbeweging" can probably not be taken in any literal sense. The "handvol toonaangevende ensembles" seems to suggest that these precipitated some result, a "following" perhaps. "Movement" would be redundant in this case.

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Note added at 12 hrs (2007-09-16 04:06:56 GMT)
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"Inhaalbeweging" probably does not refer to any movement in the musical form sense, but rather to a tendency of others to follow suit.

Example sentence(s):
  • ...one is finally able to determine a tentative but nonetheless effective following in the wake of a handful of leading ensembles."
lexispro
South Africa
Local time: 04:32
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overtaking(s) manoeuvre


Explanation:
This is the term applied in most contexts. However, if the term relates to musical tempi one can probably just use 'catching up'.

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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2007-09-17 12:04:22 GMT)
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'Inhaal beweging' is by definition not a musical instruction but a deliberate manoeuvre designed to catch up, in this context with the leading ensembles of the day with regard to their manner of playing romantic music. Just like a sailboat, if in the wake of the boat ahead, it has to perform an overtaking manoeuvre.

Example sentence(s):
  • Overtaking manoeuvres in sailboat races are subject to strict rules to avoid collision.
FlorisvdB
Local time: 02:32
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: how does this fit in with an orchestral context? overtaking what? your example sentence has nothing at all to do with music or orchestras
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catch-up


Explanation:
I think it means this: the orchestra has previously neglected romantic music, but now they are playing it more often, as other orchestras are doing. So in their repertoire the romantic period is catching up with the baroque, the classical period etc.

Example sentence(s):
  • Finally, for the romantic period, in the wake of a handful of other leading ensembles, a cautious but therefore no less effective catch-up can be determined.
Gerrit Veldman
Local time: 03:32
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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