English translation of "fulgurances abstraites" - "dazzling abstractions (or 'abstracts')"

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141 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Arts / Entertainment
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	fulgurances abstraites
Context:	Claude commenta ensuite une série de bronzes dite des "aiguilles", fulgurances abstraites sur...
Keywords:	figures emaciées évoquant Giacometti,...Different series of sculptures.

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141 months ago

wrote:

Flashes of abstraction

My comment:

"fulgurance" suggests a thunderstorm with flashes of lightning, but in my opinion, it's not the dazzling aspect which is important but the quickness and the strength of the impact (the sculptures are compared to Giacometti's).

141 months ago

David Edwards Translation and Training wrote:

dazzling abstractions (or 'abstracts')

My comment:

maybe works easier in English of one swaps noun and qualifier

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141 months ago

Marie-Claire wrote:

Sounds good!

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