Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
pekoralistisk
English translation:
pretentious trash
Added to glossary by
Viachaslau
Oct 28, 2009 20:26
14 yrs ago
Swedish term
Sweden
Russian translator in Stockholm
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
, Belarusian
Works in: English to Russian, Swedish to Russian, Norwegian to Russian, and 4 more.
pekoralistisk
Swedish to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Inte minst Sjöström själv, men även Lili Bech, lyckas faktiskt med att ge det lätt pekoralistiska innehållet en viss resning.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | pretentious trash |
De Novi
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| 3 | bathetic |
urbom
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Proposed translations
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pretentious trash
pekoralist means author (writer) of pretentious trash etc...
So, something like;
give a certain stature to the somewhat pretentious trashy content...
So, something like;
give a certain stature to the somewhat pretentious trashy content...
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1 day 22 hrs
bathetic
It's difficult to find a good adjective in English. It might be better to rephrase the sentence to say "... the pretentious twaddle of the content..."
See also the link to "bathos" below -- I generally think of that as a combination of the sublime and the ridiculous.
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purple prose would be another possibility.
See also the link to "bathos" below -- I generally think of that as a combination of the sublime and the ridiculous.
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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2009-10-30 18:31:51 GMT)
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purple prose would be another possibility.
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