TERM AND TRANSLATION
irrational cut
coupure irrationnelleirrational cut
切断 better indicates a relation actively severed and a gap becoming operative, rather than merely naming an editing technique.
Atlas working translation
非理性切断
- French term
- coupure irrationnelle
- English term
- irrational cut
Variants and search terms
- 非理性分切Simplified record
- 非理性切割Simplified record
- 非理性剪接Simplified record
- 非合理切分Simplified record
- 非理性切斷Traditional record
- irrational cutCommon / non-Chinese record
Conceptual boundary
The irrational cut makes adjacent series non-deducible through perception, causality, or totalization; jump cuts, black frames, and discontinuity can carry this relation.
Forms in published editions
- 01非理性分切
《电影2：时间—影像》，谢强、蔡若明、马月译，湖南美术出版社，2004
Print 317, 440–443 · PDF viewer 328, 451–454
The visibly checked 2004 form; the house term 切断 emphasizes the gap becoming a relation rather than merely an editing operation.
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Sources and translations
- 01Gilles Deleuze, Cinéma 2. L’image-temps, Minuit, 1985
French primary text and terminological baseline.
Read source →Open external source ↗ - 02《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.
- 03Time-Image Research Atlas terminology policy, v1
Atlas terms govern prose, aliases remain searchable, and original-language forms accompany first use.