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Jul 30, 2005 16:47
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German term

Sehgewohnheit

German to English Art/Literary Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
die Sehgewohnheiten des Betrachters
Change log

Jul 30, 2005 18:40: Johanna Timm, PhD changed "Term asked" from "sehgewohnheit" to "Sehgewohnheit"

Jul 31, 2005 09:36: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"

Discussion

Michele Fauble Aug 3, 2005:
3. Grading KudoZ questions

3.1 - Askers are required to provide feedback to answerers by selecting the answer they find most helpful. This is called "grading." (It is also possible to decline all answers.)
Michele Fauble Aug 3, 2005:
I suggest you read this forum thread about closing questions without grading "because all answers were correct or helpful" (...you were all right in your own way, and in the end I used a mixture).
http://www.proz.com/topic/30031
Michele Fauble Jul 31, 2005:
I know it says 'die Sehgewohnheiten des Betrachters', but IMO 'viewing of the observer' sounds redundant in English.
Non-ProZ.com Jul 31, 2005:
thanks everyone...you were all right in your own way, and in the end I used a mixture: the accustomed ways of viewing of the observer
it just seemed to fit better.
Non-ProZ.com Jul 30, 2005:
more context....! Durch die besondere Ausgestalltung der Grafiken in form der individuellen Idee, bildhaft Sportszenen in utopischen Stadien so in Szene zu setzen, dass die Sehgewohnheiten des Betrachters durch diverse Blickwinkel und Lichteinfl�sse durchbrochen werden...
Cilian O'Tuama Jul 30, 2005:
2.3 - Sufficient context must be provided with each question. When there is no context, indicate the subject area and type of document.
http://www.proz.com/kudozrules

Proposed translations

4 mins

viewing habits

Perhaps, a bit more context would help.
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15 mins

modes of visual perception

the viewer's modes of visual perception

is another option, depending on the nature of the source text

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-07-30 17:05:27 GMT)
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just *visual perception* would work, too
Peer comment(s):

agree Melanie Nassar : yes, this formulation would probably be more likely in this kind of an a.f. text.
25 mins
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36 mins

here: new way of seeing things

in this context: so that the viewer sees things in a new light ...

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Note added at 39 mins (2005-07-30 17:27:05 GMT)
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suggest part sentence: a change in xx and yy creates new ways of seeing for the viewer.
Peer comment(s):

agree Brie Vernier : or from a new perspective
3 mins
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1 hr

habitual ways of seeing

Keeps fairly close to the original,
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14 hrs

accustomed modes of seeing

... the play of scale and relation are what shatter accustomed modes of seeing. ...
www.isea2004.net/content/allpres.php

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