angelegt

English translation: to inform (sth.), be latent, implicit, present, indwells... be a potential in

12:32 Apr 9, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
German term or phrase: angelegt
Context
Geleitet werde ich vielmehr von einer einfachen Beobachtung, die von Anfang an **angelegt**, aber im Spätwerk Baldessaris verstärkt zum Tragen kommt und deren modus operandi mich hier im Besonderen interessiert: Die außergewöhnliche Schönheit der Oberfläche, die bei längerem Hinsehen brüchig wird, um einen Spalt zum Drama des Existenziellen zu öffnen. Das so oft zitierte „Humoristische“ in seinem Werk, das sich am Ende doch in eine abgründige und dunkle Emotionalität verkehrt.
Leander1
Switzerland
Local time: 13:55
English translation:to inform (sth.), be latent, implicit, present, indwells... be a potential in
Explanation:
Basically with Helen re. rewrite, this as a complement to "was present..". Sth is 'angelegt' (in sth., etc.) when it's potentially there or present by nature/tendency. Cf. orientation, looking to..., referencing, etc.
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Stephen Reader
Local time: 13:55
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3to inform (sth.), be latent, implicit, present, indwells... be a potential in
Stephen Reader
2 +1which concerned him from the start
Helen Shiner


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
which concerned him from the start


Explanation:
This is little more than a guess. But Angelegenheit = matter, so was a matter for him from the start (obviously a literal translation, not a suggestion!). Or if you rewrote the sentence, was present in his early work.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:55
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 275

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agree  Stephen Reader: With your rewrite. I hesitated before making my own entry.
13 hrs
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to inform (sth.), be latent, implicit, present, indwells... be a potential in


Explanation:
Basically with Helen re. rewrite, this as a complement to "was present..". Sth is 'angelegt' (in sth., etc.) when it's potentially there or present by nature/tendency. Cf. orientation, looking to..., referencing, etc.

Example sentence(s):
  • ...(obsvn of) a qual. which informed his wk from the beginning/ had (/has) always informed his work..
  • ... which, implicit in his work from early on, becomes explicit ..../ comes to the fore in...
Stephen Reader
Local time: 13:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 115
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mill2: implicit
1 hr
  -> Thanks, mill. Yes, simpler better.

agree  mary austria: implicit
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, mary

agree  Lonnie Legg: with mill & mary.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lonnie
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