Balancieren auf einem schmalen Grat - balancing on the edge ( translation glossary) Kunst, Kunsthandwerk, Malerei,Kunst/Literatur

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Deutsch Begriff oder Satz:	Balancieren auf einem schmalen Grat
Englisch Übersetzung:	balancing on the edge
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9:31am Jan 20, 2005

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Deutsch Begriff oder Satz: Balancieren auf einem schmalen Grat

Er ist ein Grezngänger, ein Grenzüberschreiter - aber nicht in dem Sinn von Balancieren auf einem schmalen Grat, sondern er ist in vielen verschiedenen, weit auseinanderliegenden Bereichen zu Hause.

This is talking about an artist so there is some poetic license in the translation but my translation doesn't make sense to me. Is the German also a mixed metaphor or have i falsly translated? Grenzüberschreiter perhaps?

He is an innovator, one who transcends boundaries – however not in the sense of straddling a narrow ridge it is more that he feels at home in many different fields that are so far apart from one another

davidgreen

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constantly balancing on the edge

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he is someone who likes to push things to their limits, or beyond, but not in the sense of someone constantly balancing on the edge but rather someone at ease in a wide variety of different fields

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xxxCMJ_Trans
Frankreich

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Thanks all, this sounded the most natural to me but most of the suggestions could have worked.
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not in the sense of walking a thin line

Alan Johnson

walking a fine line

Michael Schubert

constantly balancing on the edge

xxxCMJ_Trans

keeping balance - more below

Gabrielle Lyons

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not so much a balancing act as ...

Jonathan MacKerron

walking on the ridge /keeping the balance *?*

Daniela Giera

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not so much a balancing act as ...

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springs to mind

Jonathan MacKerron
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not in the sense of walking a thin line

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Another option.

Alan Johnson
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Muttersprache: Englisch

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keeping balance - more below

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not in the sense of keeping his balance on a narrow ridge, but of being at home in many different ...
I'm sure you can improve on my version, but I would definitely use keeping his balance rather than straddling. It's closer to the meaning of the German and it clears up the mixed metaphor: some manage to be on both sides of a boundary only by performing a balancing act, others just go all over the place.

Gabrielle Lyons
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constantly balancing on the edge

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he is someone who likes to push things to their limits, or beyond, but not in the sense of someone constantly balancing on the edge but rather someone at ease in a wide variety of different fields

xxxCMJ_Trans
Frankreich
Muttersprache: Englisch
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Thanks all, this sounded the most natural to me but most of the suggestions could have worked.

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walking on the ridge /keeping the balance *?*

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I think "balancieren" rather has the meaning of walking exactly on the ridge, you could compare it to standing on a horse, (= you have both feet on its back), in contrast to "straddling" which is like sitting on a horse with both legs on the sides of it.

I'd propose that he is simply "walking on a narrow ridge" because this implies that he is keeping the balance AND that he is moving at the same time.

Daniela Giera
Deutschland
Muttersprache: Deutsch

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walking a fine line

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Similar to Mr. Johnson's answer, although I've always heard the expression used as "walking a FINE line"

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Note added at 6 hrs 54 mins (2005-01-20 16:26:03 GMT)
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By the way, this is essentially the same expression as \"Gratwanderung,\" which literally means walking along a (mountain) ridge but is often conveyed in English as a \"tightrope walk\" (or \"balancing act,\" as suggested by Mr. MacKerron), i.e. a delicate but uncomfortable balance of alternatives. The artist described in your text is NOT walking the tightrope between different styles but is equally at home in divergent fields.

Michael Schubert
Vereinigte Staaten
Muttersprache: Englisch
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Deutsch: Balancieren auf einem schmalen Grat

Englisch translation: balancing on the edge