stilistische Bergung

English translation: stylistic containment (as in Hemmingway\'s prose style)

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German term or phrase:stilistische Bergung
English translation:stylistic containment (as in Hemmingway\'s prose style)
Entered by: Stephen Old

16:28 Jan 13, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Poetry
German term or phrase: stilistische Bergung
This is partof a long sentence about Hemingway;s writing sytle: ....der außerordentliche Symbolreichtum, der den Kurzroman nicht nur zum subjektiven Spiegel eines um "stilistische Bergung" bemühten Autors macht. The only translations for Bergung I know are words like "retrieval" or "recovery." ~What does it mean here?
Stephen Old
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:33
stylistic containment
Explanation:
This is just a suggestion, since we can't see the whole sentence or wider context. See my discussion box entries.

I think it might be about his paring down of style by 'submerging' meaning, emotional/stylistic flourishes, symbolism, etc. A form of minimalism, but without stripping his work of meaning.

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But it could be the opposite. It might be about 'mining' symbolism, i.e. trawling symbolism for something. Though I don't think this sits well with Hemingway as an author in general. As I've said before, we would need to see the whole sentence.
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Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:33
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Thanks a lot for this suggestion, Helen. I have used this word and added a brief explanation in line with the contents of the discussion entries.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3stylistic containment
Helen Shiner
5stylistic retention
Cillie Swart
3delving deep into his (original) style
David Hollywood


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delving deep into his (original) style


Explanation:
might work

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in the sense of "going back and recovering" as could be meant by "bergen" meaning "recover" or "save" ... thinking of "bergen" as in "bringing miners back to the surface", so figuratively we could stretch to "bringing back to the surface" or "recovering"... bouncing ideas around might help you work this into your overall context....

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would have to be something like "recovering his old/former style"

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and as Helen rightly points out, it will depend on your wider context

David Hollywood
Local time: 14:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 50
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
stylistic containment


Explanation:
This is just a suggestion, since we can't see the whole sentence or wider context. See my discussion box entries.

I think it might be about his paring down of style by 'submerging' meaning, emotional/stylistic flourishes, symbolism, etc. A form of minimalism, but without stripping his work of meaning.

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-01-13 18:25:55 GMT)
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But it could be the opposite. It might be about 'mining' symbolism, i.e. trawling symbolism for something. Though I don't think this sits well with Hemingway as an author in general. As I've said before, we would need to see the whole sentence.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:33
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 139
Grading comment
Thanks a lot for this suggestion, Helen. I have used this word and added a brief explanation in line with the contents of the discussion entries.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wolfram Weinberg, PhD
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Wolfram

agree  philgoddard: Good idea. I agree that this is not easy without the full context, but I certainly wouldn't describe Hemingway as a symbolist.
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil - neither would I! Doesn’t mean that his work didn’t contain symbolic force. They are entirely different things.

agree  Anne Schulz: I tend to agree with your second option (see discussion entry), and particularly like the word "mining" you used.
21 hrs
  -> Thanks, Anne. He’s either submerging meaning (which he did as an author), or he’s allowing it somehow to become evident. I was led in part by beherbergen (re museum holdings), though that may not be related.
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
stylistic retention


Explanation:
Hemingway's approach to short novels is contrasted here with that of many other writers. Many authors' exaggerated obsession with maintaining ther style results in writing that is simply a subjective reflection of their personal experience.

Hemingway, however, is being selfless. He offers the reader a more objective framework within which to make up their own minds and reflect on their own subjective experience.

And he achieves this through his rich use of symbols.

Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 19:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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