Jun 10, 2011 07:13
12 yrs ago
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German term

Tonwelten

German to English Marketing Tourism & Travel Kunstreisen
This is contained within a description of short breaks aimed at art-lovers. I'm not sure that "worlds of sound" really hits the mark. Does anyone have any better suggestions please?

Die Wirkung von Farben und Formen, kombiniert mit neuen Perspektiven und Tonwelten bilden das Grundformat für exklusive Kunstreisen.

Many thanks!

Discussion

Stephen Old Jun 10, 2011:
Sound world This term may refer to Kandinsky but I have just googled it and received more than five million hits including one for this music shop in the town (now city) where I was born! http://sunderland.enquira.co.uk/shopping/musical-instruments...
Helen Shiner Jun 10, 2011:
Kandinsky It does refer to sound in Kandinsky, see http://www.artchive.com/artchive/K/kandinsky.html but if there is no mention of him here, then forget that train of thought. I should imagine it refers to something that has not been explicitly mentioned for some reason. A bit bizarre.
Sarah Bessioud (asker) Jun 10, 2011:
@ Helen Ah, thank you for this! I specifically asked the question because I thought it may have a little more significance in the art world. If this is the case, it would have nothing to do with sound then? There is no mention of Kandinsky though...
Helen Shiner Jun 10, 2011:
Tonwelten I ask specifically because the term Tonwelten is so often associated with Kandinsky (to the synaesthetic element in his painting). It may be much more simple than this, but you clearly have so little to go on. Is it worth asking the client?
Sarah Bessioud (asker) Jun 10, 2011:
Sorry Helen There isn't really any more context to go on. The surrounding sentences mention Matisse, Monet, Chagall, Renoir and less well-known artists. No mention of sound up until now, which is thrown into the text in this single phrase. The scope of the text is much wider and only mentions these art tours in passing. Leider...
Helen Shiner Jun 10, 2011:
@ Jeux de Mots What exactly is being described here? Please provide some more context; it is difficult to hit the right note (!) without knowing a little more about it.
franglish Jun 10, 2011:
acoustic spaces, worlds or similar maybe
Ramey Rieger (X) Jun 10, 2011:
Greetings Jeux de Mots! Are you sure it's sound, and not sculpture?

Proposed translations

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auditory experience(s)/sensations/backdrop

A possibility. Well, 3 or 4 actually!

e.g.
Virtual Reality Resources
The goal is to add the visual experience to the auditory experience.
http://vresources.org/node/3196

Ambient music mimicking sounds of nature serves as an auditory backdrop for exploration.
http://www.vrphobia.com/Clinical/Fears/paindistraction.htm

The result: a pleasant auditory sensation from a band who don't seem to realize quite how good they are.
http://first-avenue.com/event/2011/08/taurus-cd-release-show

What’s the difference between sound and noise? Without messing around with semantics, sound generally is a pleasant auditory sensation. Noise is also an auditory sensation, but it’s usually unpleasant.
http://zentalks.blogspot.com/2006/08/transposing-and-interac...

Strains of contemporary instrumental music provide an auditory backdrop for the meditative activities of worshipers already unfolding at separate stations ...
http://www.fbfi.org/flm-articles/50-the-emerging-church-a-jo...

A mellifluous auditory backdrop, pleasant visual environment, lack of physical threats, and an easy path will combine to provide a walk of true quality.
http://www.wescecil.com/pages/essays/State_of_the_Art-_Walki...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "A belated thank you to all those who helped - auditory and sound experiences were what I went with. Thanks!"
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sound sensations

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just an idea to be getting on with.
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worlds resounding(music)/worlds of images(sculpture)

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I have seen this word used for both areas of art.
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musical experiences

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Could be an option if it is referring to music! What do the Kunstreisen involve? Is it visits to galleries and attendance at concerts? What countries?
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sound worlds

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I have and heard this term quite often
Peer comment(s):

agree seehand
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Thanks a lot seehand
agree BeaDeer (X) : Apologies, you have beaten me to the reply by a few minutes :-) and I did not realise it at the time of my posting.
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Its Ok JMD. That has happened to me before now. Sometimes people post an answer at exactly the same time!
neutral Jaime Hyland : not as elegant as the asker's suggestion: "worlds of sound"
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Pehaps not but that is a matter of taste and I think my suggestion is more in keeping with the current trend towards concision (e.g. frequent omission of the definite article in modern speech). I think this is also more in keeping with marketing language
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sound worlds

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When you are not sure what a certain German phrase means, I would suggest that you look up its use in a real life context elsewhere, on the web, determine what exactly it means in German, then look for the English equivalent and determine when and how exactly it is used (for music, on music related web sites with content originally written in English. If you google for "sound worlds" on the web and in google books (a reliable corpus of the English language in print), you find that this phrase is indeed in use in music. Examples: "sound worlds to discover", "sound worlds in everyday space" etc. (It's interesting to see that in the context of sounds related to a specific place or characteristics of a place, "soundscape" is used: "The soundscapes of rural areas have changed radically over the past century". All examples given here are the result of a search in google books. When unsure whether a phrase is a "legitimate" English phrase, look up who the publisher is.
I hope this helps.
Example sentence:

sound worlds to discover; virtual sound worlds; sound worlds in everyday space; specific sound worlds of steam and chiselling

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soundscapes

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From Wikipedia: "A soundscape is a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment."
Peer comment(s):

disagree BeaDeer (X) : There is a difference in meaning between a soundscape and sound world. A soundscape is closer to an auditory backdrop.
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artistic environment, changing imagery

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I recently translated a text for an artist who used the term 'Klangwelt' to describe a poetic world, in this case of light and shadow. Could it be something similar here?
Two suggestions that might fit in case this is what is meant..
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auditory environments / acoustic environments

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Alyce Santoro, inventor of SONIC FABRIC, is an internationally noted conceptual and sound artist with a background in science and scientific illustration. She sees herself as a kind of archivist – a compulsive collector of snippets of the human auditory environment – who incorporates her specimens into her art.
http://www.designtex.com/audible_upholstery_Story.aspx?f=367...

Listening to Noise and Silence engages with the emerging practice of sound art and the concurrent development of a discourse and theory of sound. In this original and challenging work, Salomé Voegelin immerses the reader in concepts of listening to sound artwork and the everyday acoustic environment, establishing an aesthetics and philosophy of sound and promoting the notion of a sonic sensibility.
http://www.thewire.co.uk/shop/items/527/

Though I have to say that 'worlds of sound' is perfectly acceptable in many circumstances. What is not clear from the context you have given is the tenor of the text and its intended audience.
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the worlds of sound

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another option.
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