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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

(bildtechnische) Fixierung

English translation:

imagery-focused fixation, fixation on the use of imagery

Added to glossary by Stephen Old
Jan 14, 2019 17:24
5 yrs ago
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German term

(bildtechnische) Fixierung

German to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Poetry
Another question relating to my text about poetryin the 1930s'. The term Fixierung is used here and elsewhere and it must have a very particular technical meaning.

Die Praxis zeigt, daß Adelaide Crapsey dem Symbolgehalt der rezipierten, teilweise in ihr Notizbuch übertragenen Haiku11) trotz individueller Einarbeitung auf diese Weise Rechnung tragen konnte, so daß sie, wie der folgende Cinquain exemplarisch dokumentiert, einer bildtechnischen Fixierung im Gegensatz zu den Imagisten nicht unterlag, sondern wie Amy Lowell und John Gould Fletcher die Zen-Komponente bereits berücksichtigte:
Proposed translations (English)
3 imagery-focused fixation
4 technical specification
3 focussed on images
3 fixation on technical aspects of imagery construction

Discussion

Stephen Old (asker) Jan 15, 2019:
bildtechnische Fixierung. Thanks, Anne. I shall make some final decisions and grade these questions now. I have one more term to post as I could not locate the relevant passage in my source text yesterday.
Lancashireman Jan 15, 2019:
bildtechnisch We've had quite a few of these compound adjectives with the -technisch suffix recently. None of them have had anything to do with 'technical'. It's simply a way of turning a noun (in this case, Bild) into an adjective. The general meaning is 'with regard to', 'in matters pertaining to' or similar.
Anne Schulz Jan 15, 2019:
"Fixierung" does seem to have a negative touch here – in the sense of focussing on (or getting stuck at) a certain point (= the imagery level) and failure to go beyond (to the Zen level).
Stephen Old (asker) Jan 15, 2019:
bildtechnische Fixierung. Thanks for all these suggestions. I can concentrate on this ow, having solved my recent computer problems. I have previously translated this as "focus on the techincal aspects of image creation." I think "fixation" has slightly more negative connotations in British English, almost suggesting a pathological condition.

Proposed translations

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imagery-focused fixation

I don't think "Fixierung" has any specific technical meaning here. What I got from the context was merely that the artist was not fixated on specifics of imagery in contrast to the imagists.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for your reply, Lioba. This seems to fit in the overall context. "
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focussed on images

from what I can read on this

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The true form of a Crapseian cinqain is therefore a 5-line poem with 1, 2, 3, 4, and 1, stress-lines, respectively. The concentrated nature of the form results in stanzas that are sparse and delicate; they focus on a single image, relaying the realization of a simple truth. Armed with her invented form—which was short enough

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or: focussed on a single image

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In a Poetry magazine review of her only published collection, an editor wrote that .... results in stanzas that are sparse and delicate; they focus on a single image, ...

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that's the idea here

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and that is in keeping with zen

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hopefully Helen will come in on this as she's an expert in this field

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but this might get us going....

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I would work round the idea of "image"
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fixation on technical aspects of imagery construction

..didn't fall victim to a fixation on the technicalities of imagery construction

I'd keep 'construct' in there because that makes the term easier to associate with poetry rather than film or photography.
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15 hrs

technical specification

don't have to say image because it is already contrasted with the "Imagisten" - im Gegensatz zu den Imagisten.
Reference:

http://www.linguee.com

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