Apr 13, 2016 02:07
8 yrs ago
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Italian term

tonalizzare

Italian to English Art/Literary Architecture
So far I've only found online references to this in the context of hair care. But the text I'm translating has to do with repurposing buildings. The quote:

Le riflessioni più recenti nel campo dell’estetica propongono una interpretazione più complessa della relazione tra soggetto e realtà circostante che viene sintetizzata con il concetto di Atmosfera. Che è strumento proprio del soggetto che se ne serve per «tonalizzare proiettivamente il mondo esterno».

In the hair care context, it means to add pigment in order to be able to further color/dye the hair... don't know if that's what's meant here.

Thanks,
Peter

Proposed translations

38 mins

give a new slant/perspective on

or: shed a new light on

couple of ideas
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4 hrs

to tune and colour the outside world

My take...

I think it's saying that atmosphere is the tool used to tune and colour the outside world to the tastes and personality of the designer
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7 hrs

Cast a new hue on the outside world

A possibility
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