https://www.proz.com/kudoz/german-to-english/art-arts-crafts-painting/7125013-eine-geschichte-im-zeichen-von-krieg.html

Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

eine Geschichte im Zeichen von Krieg

English translation:

A story marked by the imprint of war..

Added to glossary by patransword
Mar 28, 2023 14:48
1 yr ago
33 viewers *
German term

eine Geschichte im Zeichen von Krieg

German to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Hello, I am translating a review of an exhibition and "eine Geschichte im Zeichen von..." has me a little stumped.

Context:
Auf den Spuren von Vergänglichkeit, auf den Spuren des ökologischen, des kapitalistischen, imperialistischen Fußabdrucks sind sich diese vier Künstlerinnen begegnet und nähern sich aus verschiedenen Richtungen ihren Themen, eine Geschichte im Zeichen von Krieg, Ungewissheit, Klimakatastrophe und Migrationen.

What I've come up with so far is:

These four female artists encounter traces of transience, the traces of the ecological, capitalist, imperialist footprint, approaching their themes from different directions during a time with a background of war, uncertainty, climate catastrophe and migration.

Thank you for any suggestions.

Proposed translations

+2
8 hrs
Selected

A story marked by the imprint of war..

.., uncertainty, climate change and migration
Peer comment(s):

agree Vere Barzilai
6 hrs
agree Eleanore Strauss : I would make this a story marked by war
13 hrs
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you!"
14 mins

their stories are drawn from

Tracking traces of transience, of ecological, capitalist, imperialist footprints, four artists also find one another. Approaching their themes from different directions, their stories are drawn from war, uncertainty, climate catastrophe and migration.
Something went wrong...
14 mins

a narrative about war

Something went wrong...
5 hrs

a story characterised by war

im Zeichen von etwas stehen means to be characterised or influenced by something. Some examples on Linguee also used marked by.

Looking for traces of the transient, of the ecological, the capitalist, imperialist footsteps, these four artists come together and, from different directions, approach their themes, a story characterised by war, uncertainty, climate catastrophe and migration.
Something went wrong...
1 day 9 hrs
German term (edited): eine Geschichte im Zeichen von Krieg...

a tale of war...

Many exampples here of similar concatenations:
https://www.google.com/search?q="a tale of war * and"&oq="a ...

imprinted by the mark of...
marked by the mark of...
imprinted by the imprint of...
Something went wrong...