Literary notes about rendering (AI summary)
The term "rendering" in literature is remarkably versatile, functioning both as a means of interpretation and a method of representation. It is used to describe artistic depictions—for instance, an abstract interpretation of design that transforms disparate elements into a prose-like vision [1]—and to denote a translation or interpretation of language, as seen in the free rendering of a phrase or text [2], [3]. At times, rendering conveys the act of providing service, such as when a character’s action is portrayed as rendering another incapable or in need of aid [4], [5]. In other instances, it captures the process of shaping or giving form to an experience, whether that be through a vivid, emotionally charged description [6] or the literal rendering of a historic narrative [7].
- Archaic painting, with its abstract rendering of separate things, is the prose of design.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - The citation above is a free rendering of the sense of cap.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele - [1] It has been proposed to translate ‘ myrðe ’ by with sorrow ; but there seems no authority for such a rendering.
— from Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem - He remains interested in food, not in the service he is rendering.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - He hurled it into the air, and it fell on Hui Lu’s neck, throwing him to the ground and rendering him incapable of moving.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. Werner - To his good friends thus wide I’ll ope my arms; And, like the kind life-rendering pelican, Repast them with my blood.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare - Beowulf , ll. 2417-2423, a free rendering.
— from English Literature by William J. Long
