Nov 4, 2004 22:31
19 yrs ago
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French term

les forces qui dominent la matiere

French to English Marketing Cosmetics, Beauty fragrance concept
Still with this fashion designer...
Now we are talking about the concept of the new "sport" fragrance.

Here is the context, the last part has me and several francophones I've shown it to quite perplexed.

"La maîtrise du corps dépasse le simple plaisir. Le contrôle des mouvements donne la volonté de se dépasser, d'aller plus loin. L'envie de "bouger" est irrésistible, la recherche de l'esthétisme des mouvements devient très importante.
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« l’Art des gestes » nous transporte dans une pensée universelle et abstraite où se mélange la Beauté parfaite et *les forces qui dominent la matière.*

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Proposed translations

2 hrs
Selected

forces holding sway over the material world

an over the top discourse...

I suggest: forces holding sway over the material world...rather than the more "plebian" dominate..

material world cuts both ways....IMO

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Note added at 2 hrs 21 mins (2004-11-05 00:52:52 GMT)
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material as in fabrics
material as in NOT spiritual
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I like the "hold sway" and the ambiguity of material (fabrics/matter). Thanks to all for your help!"
4 mins

forces that dominate matter

Could be translated directly I think. Looks like ad-speak along the notion of "mind over matter"
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9 mins

forces that dominate the material

for want of anything better

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Note added at 10 mins (2004-11-04 22:41:51 GMT)
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\"supernatural forces\"

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Note added at 14 mins (2004-11-04 22:45:47 GMT)
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forces that are stronger than matter
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28 mins

the domination of the spiritual over the material

I think this is the basic meaning.
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34 mins

the brute forces of matter

... beauty-brute ;)


my input

hth
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