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TERM AND TRANSLATION

direct time-image / direct presentation of time

image-temps directe / présentation directe du tempsdirect time-image / direct presentation of time

Direct qualifies the presentation of time: time is no longer inferred indirectly from movement but becomes the primary relation organizing movement.

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Atlas working translation

直接时间—影像

French term
image-temps directe / présentation directe du temps
English term
direct time-image / direct presentation of time
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Variants and search terms

  • 直接时间影像Simplified record
  • 时间的直接影像Simplified record
  • 时间的直接呈现Simplified record
  • 直接時間—影像Traditional record
  • 時間的直接影像Traditional record
  • 時間的直接呈現Traditional record
  • direct time-imageCommon / non-Chinese record
  • direct presentation of timeCommon / non-Chinese record
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Conceptual boundary

Direct names time’s organizing role across several forms beyond the crystal, including edited, real-time, and moving images.

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Sources and translations

  1. 01
    Gilles Deleuze, Cinéma 2. L’image-temps, Minuit, 1985

    French primary text and terminological baseline.

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    《电影2：时间—影像》，谢强、蔡若明、马月译，湖南美术出版社，2004

    Published Mainland Chinese translation; pagination identifies this edition.

  3. 03
    The Deleuze Seminars, Purdue University

    Seminar transcripts and translations; citations identify lecture, date, and language version.

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  4. 04
    Time-Image Research Atlas terminology policy, v1

    Atlas terms govern prose, aliases remain searchable, and original-language forms accompany first use.

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Related concepts and terms