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художественная жизнь

English translation: art affairs

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Russian term or phrase:художественная жизнь
English translation:art affairs
Entered by: Turdimurod Rakhmanov

13:59 Aug 12, 2016
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Russian term or phrase: художественная жизнь
Course at St. Petersburg State University taken by International Affairs major

Спецкурс Актуальные проблемы художественная жизнь
spanruss
United States
Local time: 11:19
art affairs
Explanation:
I would use "art affairs", because, "художественная жизнь" covers not only artists, it also covers critics, viewers or theater goers, who enjoy the performance or art production.


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Note added at 10 hrs (2016-08-13 00:59:11 GMT)
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or just "art life"
Selected response from:

Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Local time: 22:19
Grading comment
I think several of the suggestions here could work, but your explanation seems to be the most accurate. Thanks Turdimurot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4Artistic activity
Emil Niculescu
4art affairs
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
5 -1Artistic life of X , scene
LilianNekipelov
5 -2Art life of X, or just Art Life
LilianNekipelov
3 -1life as an artist
Ilan Rubin (X)


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Artistic activity


Explanation:
I felt "life" would have been too general. So I choose "activity," which implies doing art, not just living passively as an artist.

Example sentence(s):
  • Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.[1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
Emil Niculescu
United States
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
life as an artist


Explanation:
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Ilan Rubin (X)
Russian Federation
Local time: 19:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  LilianNekipelov: No. Not in this context. These are not artists but international affairs students.
17 hrs
  -> Thank you, I actually learned to read English about 40 years ago. What is your point?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
art affairs


Explanation:
I would use "art affairs", because, "художественная жизнь" covers not only artists, it also covers critics, viewers or theater goers, who enjoy the performance or art production.


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Note added at 10 hrs (2016-08-13 00:59:11 GMT)
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or just "art life"

Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Local time: 22:19
Native speaker of: Native in UzbekUzbek, Native in KirghizKirghiz
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
I think several of the suggestions here could work, but your explanation seems to be the most accurate. Thanks Turdimurot!
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Artistic life of X , scene


Explanation:
or just artistic life,

LilianNekipelov
United States
Local time: 12:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  The Misha: Now, how is Artistic Life so radically different from Life as an Artist that you are absolutely sure of it? And who is Mr. X? And what scene?
4 hrs
  -> It is completely different—it is about the artistic scene of a country, or a city, not a person.
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Art life of X, or just Art Life


Explanation:
it may be a better option




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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2016-08-13 16:13:49 GMT)
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Art Life of St. Petersburg, or What's New in the Arts. Cultural life of St. Petersburg

LilianNekipelov
United States
Local time: 12:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  The Misha: Art Life of X isn't even grammatically correct English, strictly speaking.
2 hrs
  -> I think you should have been banned from here a long time ago, Misha. With your senseless remarks. The Lilian. You have no clue about English grammar, so please stop annoying people. Art Life of New York is not grammatical, from when? Just stop confusing
disagree  Ilan Rubin (X): Ban Misha? Seriously? He's one of the few people here who actually does know English properly. The people who should be banned are those born in non-English speaking countries to non-native speakers who claim to be native English speakers...
7 hrs
neutral  katerina turevich: actually, it should be "the Arts Scene (in a city)" - notice the plural form and the locational preposition; you can also make it an adjective, as in "Petersburg arts scene" - but it sounds a bit too flippant for a syllabus.
22 hrs
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