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Gefallen wecken

English translation: inspire pleasure, please, awaken interest

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German term or phrase:Gefallen wecken
English translation:inspire pleasure, please, awaken interest
Entered by: davidgreen

15:03 Aug 15, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
German term or phrase: Gefallen wecken
Any an expression that follows on the heels of this, don't think I've got a clue what's going on here:

Der Redakteur bemühte sich zwar um eine objektive Darstellung von Wotrubas Arbeiten, doch konnte er seine wohl allgemein antimodernistische Sicht kaum verbergen. „Was bleibt uns, außer den Zeichen des Unbehagens und der Bestürzung vor den neueren Gebilden, noch auszudrücken, wenn Wotrubas Kunst in keiner Phase den Anspruch erhebt, mit ihrem Zeugnis Gefallen zu wecken?“

The editor strived in fact to have an objective representation of Wotruba’s works, but he could scarcely conceal his apparent general anti-modernistic perspective. “What is left for us to express, besides indications of discomfort and the trepidation towards the new images, when Wotruba’s art in no phase claims to wecken Gefallen with its credentials/testimonyx?”
davidgreen
inspire pleasure
Explanation:
just a thought, sounds more "arty"??
Selected response from:

John Dale D.D.
Local time: 00:01
Grading comment
all the suggestions sound pretty good. thanks all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2to please
Edith Kelly
2 +2inspire pleasure
John Dale D.D.
3to be obliging
Lonnie Legg
3to wake interest
germaninterpret


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to please


Explanation:
might be an option but wait what others have to suggest

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 00:01
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: or to be pleasing
8 mins
  -> Thx, that's also correct
agree  Stephen Reader: & with Helen an & alternative, "in no way apires **to appeal**"
27 mins
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
inspire pleasure


Explanation:
just a thought, sounds more "arty"??

John Dale D.D.
Local time: 00:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
all the suggestions sound pretty good. thanks all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: I like this suggestion, too.
5 hrs
agree  germaninterpret
1 day 7 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to be obliging


Explanation:
doesn't mirror the verb constuction, but "obliging" ("gefällig sein") might fit if you're looking for another nuance of "gefallen".

Lonnie Legg
Germany
Local time: 00:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16
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1 day 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to wake interest


Explanation:
Here is just another suggestion, it retains some of the original phrase, to "wake".

germaninterpret
United States
Local time: 18:01
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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