cultured-popular air

Japanese translation: ポップカルチャーの息

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English term or phrase:cultured-popular air
Japanese translation:ポップカルチャーの息

13:39 Nov 21, 2009
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English to Japanese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
English term or phrase: cultured-popular air
Could someone please tell me how to translate "cultured-popular air" in the following sentence? thank you.

the 13 mini-suites, the movements of his latest work, are a knowing fluxus of emotional writings which breathe in the cultured-popular air with a purity of absolute values.
ogawa
Local time: 04:47
ポップカルチャーの息
Explanation:
を吹き込む。ポップカルチャー=大衆文化。

つまり、大衆受けするような13分の組曲を書いた、ということなります。
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 00:47
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ありがとうございました。
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Summary of answers provided
3ポップカルチャーの息
Yasutomo Kanazawa
3文化的かつポプラーな雰囲気
Joyce A
3洗練されたポップな雰囲気(ムード)
lingualabo


  

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ポップカルチャーの息


Explanation:
を吹き込む。ポップカルチャー=大衆文化。

つまり、大衆受けするような13分の組曲を書いた、ということなります。

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 00:47
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 16
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ありがとうございました。
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文化的かつポプラーな雰囲気


Explanation:
This beautiful music has the duality of being "cultured" (bunkateki) and "popular" (appreciated by a wider audience).

It means that it has both a "classical" and "popular" feeling or atmosphere.

I am sure it is lovely music.

Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 22:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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洗練されたポップな雰囲気(ムード)


Explanation:
「a purity of absolute values を伴いつつ、洗練されたポップな雰囲気(ムード)の中に息づく・・・」

cultured を rifined の類語として捉えてみました。

lingualabo
Italy
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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