Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
défier jusqu’au paroxysme
English translation:
push to new heights
Added to glossary by
kashew
Jun 7, 2010 09:08
13 yrs ago
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French term
défier jusqu’au paroxysme
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Peinture, sculpture
... le thème de l'expo pour défier jusqu’au paroxysme l’expression créative des artistes...
Can I risk it, or is paroxysm too medical in English?
Can I risk it, or is paroxysm too medical in English?
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+1
6 hrs
Selected
push the artists to new heights
I'm not sure this is quite right but it's something else to work on. I feel the idea is positive, bringing out the best in the artists etc.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-06-07 16:50:46 GMT)
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encourage the artists [to reach/to aim for] new heights
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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-06-07 16:50:46 GMT)
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encourage the artists [to reach/to aim for] new heights
Note from asker:
| Yes, indeed. I like push to heights or the limit. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot"
+1
2 mins
Hamidou Ouédraogo
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Native in French
Burkina Faso
Quality First!
Native in: Mossi 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English
defy to the utmost
can be held out to man; all he can do is to defy to the utmost this present evil. The answers of Voltaire and Pascal have remained with us as the two ...
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défier jusqu’au paroxysme l’expression créative des artistes...
...to defy artists' creativity to the utmost...
www.jstor.org/stable/2928870 -
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défier jusqu’au paroxysme l’expression créative des artistes...
...to defy artists' creativity to the utmost...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
mimi 254
25 mins
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Thanks Mimi.
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Jim Tucker (X)
: not sure how artists' creativity can be defied. Challenged, perhaps?
27 mins
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Good point, indeed!
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30 mins
defy with fervour
Just another option as I agree with Hamidou's suggestion.
And I definitely think paroxysm in English isn't an option
I do think it would be good to keep the sense of passion that there is in the original.
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and Jim has a point about "defy" it might be better to use "champion" in this case
And I definitely think paroxysm in English isn't an option
I do think it would be good to keep the sense of passion that there is in the original.
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and Jim has a point about "defy" it might be better to use "champion" in this case
4 hrs
test to the utmost
An alternative to Hamidou's suggestion which seems good to me
6 hrs
Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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72
produce/cause an explosion
Perhaps this is what they mean - given your additional context? Please produce an artwork related to the theme of creating a paroxysm in someone -either of rage or laughter. I don't think paroxysm would work in EN. Hence my approximation.... cause an explosion of laughter or rage
+4
3 hrs
polyglot45
Native in French
&
English
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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52
the ultimate challenge
as I said above.....
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Note added at 21 hrs (2010-06-08 06:19:19 GMT)
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carfeul - paroxysme is pretty ultimate. And you could say 'this year's ultimate challenge"
The important point is that we are talking about challenging artists
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Note added at 21 hrs (2010-06-08 06:19:19 GMT)
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carfeul - paroxysme is pretty ultimate. And you could say 'this year's ultimate challenge"
The important point is that we are talking about challenging artists
Note from asker:
| I think ultimate is going too far - as they are challenged by a theme every year. Stiff, severe...? |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Helen Shiner
: Yes, issue the ultimate challenge to them
3 mins
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| agree |
jaynedmoore
36 mins
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| agree |
John Detre
1 hr
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| agree |
Lianne Wilson
1 hr
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Discussion
Maybe that could result in paroxysm, artistic paroxysm? Produce laughter, rage? "Severe challenge" definitely seems the easiest solution but is pretty banal?