Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

routiniert

English translation:

hackneyed

Added to glossary by Wolf Brosius (X)
Sep 16, 2004 15:56
19 yrs ago
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German term

routiniert

German to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature art critic's review
Wichtiger ist jedoch der künstlerische Hintergrund. Robert Butzelar beschreibt, wie routiniert ihm eines Tages traditionelle Kompositionen in Dreiergruppen erschienen. Wie er Symmetrieachse und Zentrierung zu vermeiden suchte und fast zwangsläufig auf das Prinzip der Bipolarität ka
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 hackneyed
4 trivial
3 monotonous
3 automatically

Proposed translations

+4
3 mins
Selected

hackneyed

too often used .
Cheers
Wolf
Peer comment(s):

agree Melanie Nassar : that's it!
13 mins
agree Dr.G.MD (X)
16 mins
agree Alfa Trans (X)
24 mins
agree Thomas Bollmann
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks!"
5 mins

trivial

one more of several options, usual of common would be some more
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40 mins

monotonous

I think this is a good rendering of routiniert
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2 hrs

automatically

or habitually,
is what he seems to be saying. His background and experience as an artist are getting in his way when it comes to originality and being genuine
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