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le cadavre exquise

Romanian translation: Cadavrul viu

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French term or phrase:le cadavre exquise
Romanian translation:Cadavrul viu
Entered by: Red Cat Studios

12:48 May 3, 2002
French to Romanian translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
French term or phrase: le cadavre exquise
surrealist / dadaist game
(any other language also welcome) merci.
urst
Spain
Local time: 22:42
Cadavrul viu
Explanation:
The Romanian equivalent is "the living corpse".

A literal translation would be "cadavrul desavarsit".

The English equivalent is "the exquisite corpse"

Please see below for a history of the Dadaist game and a magazine edited by Andrei Codrescu, a Romanian poet (the "inventor" of Dadaism, Tristan Tzara, also hails from Romania).
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corin
Local time: 16:42
Grading comment
Thank you corin!
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5 +3Cadavrul viu
corin
4 +1Cadavrul viu
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Cadavrul viu


Explanation:
Este titlul dat in anii '30. De atunci a ramas un "clasic" in materie de dadaism.

Red Cat Studios
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:42
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in pair: 36

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agree  adelutza
61 days
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Cadavrul viu


Explanation:
The Romanian equivalent is "the living corpse".

A literal translation would be "cadavrul desavarsit".

The English equivalent is "the exquisite corpse"

Please see below for a history of the Dadaist game and a magazine edited by Andrei Codrescu, a Romanian poet (the "inventor" of Dadaism, Tristan Tzara, also hails from Romania).


    Reference: http://www.cyberstars.com/ron-mike/history.html
    Reference: http://www.corpse.org/
corin
Local time: 16:42
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in pair: 24
Grading comment
Thank you corin!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elena-Mirona Ciocirlie: Thank you for the info regarding Andrei Codrescu's magazine.
7 mins
agree  Elvira Stoianov
1 hr
agree  Andrei Albu
3 days 23 hrs
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