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English to German: Architecture and the Senses by Juhani Pallasmaa General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Architecture
Source text - English Ultimately, architecture is the art of petrified silence. When the clutter of construction work ceases, and the shouting of workers dies away, a building becomes a museum of a waiting, patient silence. In Egyptian temples we encounter the silence that surrounded the pharaohs, in the silence of the Gothic cathedral we are reminded of the last dying note of a Gregorian chant, and the echo of Roman footsteps has just faded away from the walls of the Pantheon. Old houses take us back to the slow time and silence of the past. The silence of architecture is a responsive, remembering silence. A powerful architectural experience silences all external noise; it focuses our attention on our very existence, and as with all art, it makes us aware of our fundamental solitude.
Translation - German Letztlich ist Architektur nichts anderes als die Kunst des Schweigens, das zu Stein geworden ist. Wenn die Bauarbeiten mit ihrer lärmenden Unordnung zu Ende gehen und die Rufe der Arbeiter langsam verstummen, wird aus dem Bau ein Museum des Wartens, der Geduld und des Schweigens. In ägyptischen Tempeln begegnen wir der Stille, die einst die Pharaonen umgab; in der Stille der gotischen Kathedrale erinnern wir uns an den letzten verklingenden Ton eines gregorianischen Gesangs; und Schritte aus dem alten Rom vernehmen wir wie eben erst vergangen als Widerhall von den Wänden des Pantheons. Alte Häuser versetzen uns in eine Zeit, die langsamer verging und eine Vergangenheit, die das Schweigen kannte. Die Stille in der Architektur ist nicht stumm, sondern voller Erinnerungen. Architekturerfahrung kann so kraftvoll sein, dass sie alle äusseren Geräusche verstummen lässt; sie bündelt unsere Aufmerksamkeit auf die Wahrnehmung unserer eigenen Existenz und macht uns, wie jede Kunst, unserer elementaren Einsamkeit bewusst.
English to German: Grass Valley Broadcasting technology (website) General field: Tech/Engineering Detailed field: Media / Multimedia
Source text - English German version of www.grassvalley.com
Translation - German http://www-de.grassvalley.com/
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Other - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
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Years of experience: 19. Registered at ProZ.com: Mar 2011.
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I am working now for seven years as a freelance translator specializing in art, social sciences, media and computer technology. My clients are suppliers of communication and computer technology, film and broadcasting companies, art institutions, archives, magazines and publishing houses.
I studied German philosophy and literature at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, from which I received my bachelor's degree. I extended my qualification by studying art and photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and in Duesseldorf, which awarded me a master's degree.
My translation work also may take advantage of that I have practical experiences in most of the fields I am specialized in as a translator. As a temporary freelance collaborator of the National German Broadcasting Services ARD I am experienced in the fields of new media and broadcasting. In relation to architecture I may refer to several architectural offices in Germany I have collaborated with after my studies.
I like to work on my translations systematically. My creative skills help me refining them and breathe life into your texts.
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