Hi Everyone, For the title of a work of art, which would best represent the English "Perfection in the Face of Monstrosity": Dokonalost navzdor monstróznost Dokonalost přes monstróznost Dokonalost vůči monstróznost ...or something altogether different LOL? Děkuji pěkně Shawn
Hi Shawn, It depends on how literal you would like the translation to be. "Krása v tváři ďábla" means "Beauty in the Face of a Devil" so you'll have to decide if it would work. Here's a more or less literal translation: "Dokonalost ve tváři obludnosti". Regarding your suggested prepositions: navzdor or navzdory (+ dative) = in spite of přes (+ accusative) = in spite of vůči (+ dative) = towards or against So: navzdor monstróznosti, přes monstróznost, vůči monstróznosti Take a look at the Prepositions page on Local Lingo. I added your three prepositions there with examples of their use in sentences.
Jako vždycky, děkuji pěkně, Dano. Ukázal jsem moji nejlépší česky kamarádce tvoje slova, a potom jsme o tom mluvili, a ona řekla: I v něčem hrozně ošklivém i kousek krásy najdeš. Thank you very much for stimulating a wonderful conversation. Now for the hard part...to make the art that created the title. p.s. she helped me with the first sentence (I only got it about 1/2 right...), he he... Šón
Shawn Could you post some of your work on the board , or mabey a link to one of them ... I just love art You look like your quite the artist ...
Hi Dana - sometimes I usually like anything I do to be driven by 'the ideas and meaning behind', so quite often, yes, I'll have a title before even knowing what the art will look like; always, though, there will at least be the reason/idea behind what I want to express, because it's never the subject itself that fires me. For this piece, it's actually going to be a small sculpture, with pure beauty not being beaten by the general force of ugliness that sometimes seems to pervade; i.e., even in the face of it, thre is always beauty because it's too strong (thankfully) to die. Or something like that LOL... Azazel, I do have some work I could show, and will, but I'm currently not hooked up anywhere except at work and the internet cafe, and I have no server space at all right now Gimme some time, and thanks very much for your interest Shawn