TERM AND TRANSLATION

fabulation

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The atlas term 寓构 distinguishes fabulation from generic fiction: it combines narrative construction, collective enunciation, and the political creation of a people not yet present. First use includes fabulation; the established variant 虚构 remains searchable.

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Atlas working translation

寓构

French term
fabulation
English term
fabulation
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Variants and search terms

  • 虚构功能Simplified record
  • 虚构行为Simplified record
  • 虚构Simplified record
  • 寓言化Simplified record
  • 编造Simplified record
  • 神话化Simplified record
  • 造述Simplified record
  • 寓構Traditional record
  • 虛構功能Traditional record
  • 虛構行為Traditional record
  • 虛構Traditional record
  • 編造Traditional record
  • 神話化Traditional record
  • fabulationCommon / non-Chinese record
  • story-telling functionCommon / non-Chinese record
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Conceptual boundary

Fabulation creates a people yet to come through collective enunciation; documentary practice also retains informed consent, intact testimony, and transparent editing.

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Forms in published editions

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    虚构功能/虚构行为

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

    Print 237–239, 438 · PDF viewer 248–250, 449

    The 2004 edition uses 虚构功能 in the earlier discussion and 虚构行为 in the conclusion; both connect memory, legend, gods, and the creation of a people. The atlas term is 寓构.

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Sources and translations

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    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.

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    “德勒兹词典”中文社区语料

    Community index for discovering regional and historical variants.

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    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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