Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

灵韵

English translation:

divine charm

Added to glossary by Huijun Suo
Apr 13, 2007 23:13
17 yrs ago
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Chinese term

灵韵

Chinese to English Other Religion
佛教对中国文化和社会产生深远影响,却不仅没有让中国人迷失在“胡人”的学问中,反倒让中国文化在吸收借鉴的过程中,更显博大光辉和灵韵。
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Jul 7, 2007 14:20: Huijun Suo changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/62648">Denyce Seow's</a> old entry - "灵韵"" to ""divine charm""

Jul 8, 2007 17:59: Huijun Suo changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/614331">Huijun Suo's</a> old entry - "灵韵"" to ""divine charm""

Discussion

Denyce Seow (asker) Apr 15, 2007:
Adjective - I forgot to add that I am looking for an adjective.
Huijun Suo Apr 15, 2007:
感觉“灵”主要还是指精神气质,即由内向外透射出的那种神韵,是 innate 的,但用 spirit 又显得不够,也许这就是中国语言文字的神奇之处吧,也证明了我们才疏学浅,惭愧,惭愧
Denyce Seow (asker) Apr 14, 2007:
Gosh, I am still lost. Since we are talking about culture here, can I use 'intelligence' for '灵'?

Proposed translations

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divinity

先想到了这个词,再查陆谷孙主编《英汉大词典》:

divinity 义项 5:神奇性;尽善尽美:the divinity of Beethoven's music 贝多芬音乐的至高无上境界

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Or divine appeal, divine charm?
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spiritual tone/rythm

Either "spiritual tone" or "spiritual rythm" for your pick.

I personally prefer "spiritual tone."
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charm/nimbus

“韵”有“风韵雅致”的意思,可翻译为 charm 或charming。
因为前面还有“光辉”一词,所以我觉得“灵韵”就用一个英文单词表达就可以了,这样显得简洁一些。一定要把“灵”和“韵”都表达出来的话,就得用两个单词。另外,可否考虑用nimbus这个词呢?这个词的含义如下:

1.A cloudy radiance said to surround a classical deity when on earth.
2.A radiant light that appears usually in the form of a circle or halo about or over the head in the representation of a god, demigod, saint, or sacred person such as a king or an emperor.
3.A splendid atmosphere or aura, as of glamour, that surrounds a person or thing.


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spirit

I got the idea from Ku Hung-ming's book "The Spirit of the Chinse People".
Peer comment(s):

agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : "Spirit" alone is enough.
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thanks
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grace

overwhelming splendour and grace

Ashok Hotel Agra - information and booking service.
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nwmuseum
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... brothers remain unaware that the man they’re bowing down to is Joseph – the brother they sold into slavery and who was now full of splendor and grace. ...
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How profound the effect of Buddhism on Chinese culture and society must have been. Instead of submitting the Chinese to alien cultures and mores, it aggrandizes the Chinese culture to even greater heights of splendor and grace.

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Ah ha, I see. Adjective forms of these appear in the following references:

Orphee Aux Enfers - Jacques Offenbach (Wide Screen) - image -
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Prayers to Sri Sri Radha-Krishna
... and garlanded with lotus whorls, whose face is splendid like ten million ... whose feet are splendid with graceful anklets... whose eyes are restless ...
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Note that bewgest is Australian so that it may not be known in other parts of the English speaking world.

bewgest: Australian pronunciation of “beau geste” (=a splendid or graceful gesture).
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agree tulip855
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Thank you, Professor!
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Inspirational Devining

Would An adjectivial Noun phrase do?

Inspirationally Devining

Inspirational (帶有靈感的)
Devining (psychic power)
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