Glossary entry

Romanian term or phrase:

cum sa imparte stimele mai bine pentru ...

English translation:

how best to hand out (his colleagues\') parts

Added to glossary by Lara Barnett
Jul 27, 2016 22:51
7 yrs ago
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Romanian term

cum sa imparte stimele mai bine pentru ...

Romanian to English Art/Literary Music Instrumental percussion article
A musician is about to go into his rehearsal room to spend the day with musicians. He is thinking deeply about....

Se gandeste cum sa faca mai bine ca toti cei sapte percutionisti sa incapa pe scena,cum sa imparte stimele mai bine pentru colegii lui ca sa nu se plimbe in timpul concertului,cum sa fie foarte practic in aceasta saptamana.

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how best to hand out (his colleagues') parts

"part" is used for individual scores (Ro. știmă)

ex. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their instrument.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra

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Note added at 47 mins (2016-07-27 23:39:20 GMT)
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That's ambiguous, indeed, maybe the larger context gives a clue. Either HE or HIS COLLEAGUES could be doing the wandering, the way it's phrased.
Note from asker:
But how does this relate to the next part? So his colleagues do not wander around during the concert?
Peer comment(s):

agree Octavia Veresteanu : I think that he is doing the walking and maybe the idea is for him to hand them out as quickly as possible, not having to walk around a lot while handing the parts.
10 hrs
That would be my first guess too, but it is entirely possible to take this to mean that he wants to avoid them having to walk around during the concert. There's no way of telling for sure, since the phrasing is so careless...
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How to optimally divide the parts among them

to prevent some of them from walking around.

Very poorly written piece, both logically and linguistically.
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