Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 19, 2007 16:36
17 yrs ago
German term
United States
Works in: German to English
Flußaugen
German to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
imaginary conversation
Die Frau mit den Flußaugen lachte gellend. Glauben Sie doch nur das nicht, schrie sie, der Kerl spielt ja nur!
Virginia Woolf speaking to Robert Walser (imagined)
My tentative attempt: "The woman with flowing eyes laughed shrilly. Only don't you believe that, she shrieked, the chap is only fooling."
(Perhaps the two onlys are less sustainable in English.)
Virginia Woolf speaking to Robert Walser (imagined)
My tentative attempt: "The woman with flowing eyes laughed shrilly. Only don't you believe that, she shrieked, the chap is only fooling."
(Perhaps the two onlys are less sustainable in English.)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | river eyes |
Henry Schroeder
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| 3 | riverine eyes |
casper (X)
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| 2 +1 | limpid eyes |
jccantrell
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| 2 | with eyes like a river/like a stream |
BrigitteHilgner
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| 1 | river-weary |
Johanna Timm, PhD
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Proposed translations
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30 mins
Henry Schroeder
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
20 years of experience, certified, ATA
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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88
Selected
river eyes
Why not just a literal translation.
There are hundreds of examples from English books:
http://books.google.de/books?q="river eyes"&as_brr=0
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Note added at 41 mins (2007-01-19 17:18:19 GMT)
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Excuse me, hundreds would be wildly exaggerating the number, but there are some good ones and I don't see reason not to use "river" as an adjective.
Here are some of the book examples:
Garth when he came home from a day on the river. Faith, the eyes of both were river eyes, green, flitting over golden shallows, flowing over bottomless ...
Through his river eyes flowed warm currents of gratitude. Clasping his precious manuscript in slender hands, he smiled and bowed, bowed and smiled his
Both from: The Listening Man by Lucy Embury http://books.google.de/books?vid=ISBN1419140647&id=1HKiJKIMf...
... with silver and her lower lip was bleeding her river eyes were flooded with tears. ...
I had to look twice because she was dressed in dirty sacking, sparkling with frost, and all I could see were her large, river eyes and one fair curl. ...
From the well-known "Seeing Stone"
http://books.google.de/books?vid=ISBN0439263271&id=UjcB2mbsr...
There are hundreds of examples from English books:
http://books.google.de/books?q="river eyes"&as_brr=0
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Note added at 41 mins (2007-01-19 17:18:19 GMT)
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Excuse me, hundreds would be wildly exaggerating the number, but there are some good ones and I don't see reason not to use "river" as an adjective.
Here are some of the book examples:
Garth when he came home from a day on the river. Faith, the eyes of both were river eyes, green, flitting over golden shallows, flowing over bottomless ...
Through his river eyes flowed warm currents of gratitude. Clasping his precious manuscript in slender hands, he smiled and bowed, bowed and smiled his
Both from: The Listening Man by Lucy Embury http://books.google.de/books?vid=ISBN1419140647&id=1HKiJKIMf...
... with silver and her lower lip was bleeding her river eyes were flooded with tears. ...
I had to look twice because she was dressed in dirty sacking, sparkling with frost, and all I could see were her large, river eyes and one fair curl. ...
From the well-known "Seeing Stone"
http://books.google.de/books?vid=ISBN0439263271&id=UjcB2mbsr...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
mill2
: (hi there, autoweaver!)
1 day 1 hr
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| agree |
Stephen Reader
: Yes, esp. with ref. to Johanna's note - and with Francis's proviso. Is the biog. assoc. intended?
1 day 4 hrs
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Now you're appearing all over the place. Thanx.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Millay Hyatt is never wrong."
9 mins
BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Austria
Native in German
Austria
b2b/economics/marketing/market research/
Native in: German
Works in: German to English, French to German, English to German
Related KudoZ points
:
53
with eyes like a river/like a stream
To get the ball rolling - I am sure there are more poetic solutions.
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-01-19 16:46:50 GMT)
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By the way: a bit more context would help: What are the two talking about? Where do they meet? Who is imagining all this?
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-01-19 16:46:50 GMT)
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By the way: a bit more context would help: What are the two talking about? Where do they meet? Who is imagining all this?
23 mins
Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Canada
Native in German
Specializes in field
Canada
Friendly, fast & certified!
Native in: German (Variants: Austrian, Germany, Swiss, Platt / Nieder (Low German))
Works in: English to German, German to English, German
Related KudoZ points
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69
river-weary
...maybe...since Ms. Woolf drowned herself in a river...
24 mins
riverine eyes
A direct translation
+1
1 hr
jccantrell
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
16
limpid eyes
I have to admit, I have NO idea what the author is trying to say with this term. However, don't we use limpid for this water reference in English:
lim·pid /ˈlɪmpɪd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[lim-pid] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
2. free from obscurity; lucid; clear: a limpid style; limpid prose.
3. completely calm; without distress or worry: a limpid, emotionless existence.
Just a thought.
lim·pid /ˈlɪmpɪd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[lim-pid] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
2. free from obscurity; lucid; clear: a limpid style; limpid prose.
3. completely calm; without distress or worry: a limpid, emotionless existence.
Just a thought.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Stephen Reader
: Cogent: if the piece doesn't want a perhaps overly blunt ref. to the 'river' in V.W.'s life/death
1 day 2 hrs
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