TERM AND TRANSLATION
seer
voyantseer
视见者 preserves the force of voyant beyond ordinary looking: when agency weakens, the character is compelled to see what habitual action concealed.
Atlas working translation
视见者
- French term
- voyant
- English term
- seer
Variants and search terms
- 见者Simplified record
- 观看者Simplified record
- 目击者Simplified record
- 看见者Simplified record
- 視見者Traditional record
- 見者Traditional record
- 觀看者Traditional record
- seerCommon / non-Chinese record
- voyantCommon / non-Chinese record
Conceptual boundary
The seer’s incapacity for action becomes intensified perception or witnessing; staring and observation are surface gestures.
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.
- 03The Deleuze Seminars, Purdue University
Seminar transcripts and translations; citations identify lecture, date, and language version.
Read source →Open external source ↗ - 04Time-Image Research Atlas terminology policy, v1
Atlas terms govern prose, aliases remain searchable, and original-language forms accompany first use.