May 5, 2008 11:40
16 yrs ago
German term
Wesenheiten
German to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
(Press release for an exhibition of work y Franz Ackermann)
Die oft wirbelförmig angeordneten Kompositionen von intensivster Farbigkeit lenken den Blick sogartig in die Tiefe. Die ständig wechselnden Standorte führen zu verwirrenden Perspektiven. Man saust an Farbkaskaden und städtebaulichen Motiven vorbei und schwebt über fliessenden Schichten von Farben und Strukturen, die sich als vibrierende Energiezentren entpuppen. Die wogenden Architekturformen verkörpern das Chaos und die Dynamik von Städten in unserer globalisierten Gesellschaft, und lassen die Stadtlandschaften als lebende, sich ständig verändernde, organisch ** Wesenheiten** erscheinen.
Die oft wirbelförmig angeordneten Kompositionen von intensivster Farbigkeit lenken den Blick sogartig in die Tiefe. Die ständig wechselnden Standorte führen zu verwirrenden Perspektiven. Man saust an Farbkaskaden und städtebaulichen Motiven vorbei und schwebt über fliessenden Schichten von Farben und Strukturen, die sich als vibrierende Energiezentren entpuppen. Die wogenden Architekturformen verkörpern das Chaos und die Dynamik von Städten in unserer globalisierten Gesellschaft, und lassen die Stadtlandschaften als lebende, sich ständig verändernde, organisch ** Wesenheiten** erscheinen.
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4 mins
Eva Marschewski
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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English
United Kingdom
Chartered Linguist, Chartered Accountant
Native in: German 
, English (Variant: UK)
Works in: German to English, English to German
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entities
Als erstes faellt mir da "entities" ein?
Peer comment(s):
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Stephen Reader
: On the grounds of the Langenscheidt E - D entry for entity
31 mins
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Ulrike Kraemer
: mir auch ...
34 mins
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GeorginaW (X)
: I think it has to be entities because of the mentions of architecture etc. so "beings" is too amorphous
48 mins
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: my first thought exactly, but I don't know the artist :(
53 mins
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
57 mins
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Rebecca Garber
2 hrs
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Mario Marcolin
1 day 5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
15 mins
Stephen Sadie
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
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beings
may well work
Peer comment(s):
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Stephen Reader
: Hello, Stephen. Dep. on just how 'creature' the things look in the paintings. That's why I'm wondering about 'organisms' which may be a little more open.
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thanks, I also considered organisms but steered clear due to the "organische"
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+1
33 mins
organisms
Just another variation, of course then omitting a direct translation of the preceding "organische - ". Maybe a city as an organism (the term) is more viable than eine Stadt als Organismus (?) which seems to be the implication. Langenscheidt has Wesenheit (phil. usage) for entity.
Peer comment(s):
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BrigitteHilgner
: Okay, it's more gut feeling than anything else, but to me this makes most sense.
9 mins
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Dankedanke, Brigitte!
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35 mins
essentialities
Könnte passen.
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Note added at 40 Min. (2008-05-05 12:20:28 GMT)
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Siehe auch: http://books.google.de/books?id=u5bdOWPGnbUC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA1...
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Note added at 40 Min. (2008-05-05 12:20:28 GMT)
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Siehe auch: http://books.google.de/books?id=u5bdOWPGnbUC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA1...
Peer comment(s):
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Stephen Reader
: May be too philos./non-visual: cf. pic @ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Ackermann
10 mins
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Stephen Sadie
: with stephen, too abstract
15 mins
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+1
2 hrs
CHRISTA MAYER-LOOS
Native in German
Expect the unexpected: creativity ...
Native in: German 
Works in: Portuguese to German, German to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 5 more.
1 day 11 hrs
Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Specializes in field
Germany
Precision for those who appreciate it.
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German term (edited):
(lebende, … organische) Wesenheiten
animate forms/bodies
(animate material)
living beings/entities (=Latin for „being“), organic structures, or simply organisms would also work for me
living beings/entities (=Latin for „being“), organic structures, or simply organisms would also work for me
59 days
Marcia Neff
United States
United States
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United States
Your intended meaning in fluency
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Works in: German to English
components
Similar to all other suggestions, but a COMPONENT "is or serves as an element (in something larger); composing; constituent: For Ex 'the component parts of a computer system'
In this case the "Stadtlandschaften" are part of the "global society", a larger system whose 'Stadtlandschaften' could be referred to as components.
In this case the "Stadtlandschaften" are part of the "global society", a larger system whose 'Stadtlandschaften' could be referred to as components.
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