Talk:Pretoria Art Museum

Translation from Afrikaans Wikipedia

I'm going to be using this as a "scratch-pad" to do the translation. Please contribute if you can. I am fluent at a mother-tongue level in both South African English and Afrikaans. Please contribute if you can. Roger (talk) 17:58, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Original Afrikaans text

Die Pretoriase Kunsmuseum is 'n kunsmuseum in Arcadia, Pretoria in Suid-Afrika. Die museum is geleë in Arcadia Park wat die hele blok tussen, Park-, Wessels-, Schoeman-, en Johannstraat beslaan.

Die Pretoria Kunsmuseum het tot stand gekom om die Stadsraad van Pretoria se kunsversameling wat sedert die 1930's opgebou is te huisves. Die versameling het veral 'n hupstoot gekry toe Lady Michaelis in 1932, na haar man, Sir Max Michaelis, se dood 'n groot aantal kunswerke aan die stadsraad bemaak het. Die versameling het veral 17de eeuse werk van die Noord-Hollandse skool bevat. Suid-Afrikaanse werke het die van Henk Pierneef, Pieter Wenning, Frans Oerder, Anton van Wouw en Irma Stern ingesluit. Die versameling is aanvanklik in die Stadsaal gehuisves. Aangesien Suid-Afrikaanse museums in Kaapstad en Johannesburg reeds goeie versamelings van 17de, 18de en 19de eeuse Europese kuns gehad het, is besluit om te fokus op die saamstel van 'n verteenwoordigende versameling van Suid-Afrikaanse kuns. Benewens bogenoemde kunstenaars is werk van Hugo Naudé, Maggie Loubser en andere aangeskaf. Die aankoop van Internasionale werk was gefokus op meer bekostigbare grafiese drukke uit Europa en die VSA. Meer onlangs is groter klem gelê op kontemporêre Suid-Afrikaanse kuns en die bou van 'n historiese meer verteenwoordigende versameling wat ook tradisionele kuns en nuwe-media insluit.[1]. Na die afsterwe van die beeldhouer Lucas Sithole 1994 is die helfte van sy onvoltooide werk deur die Haenggi stigting aan die museum geskenk nadat dit deur kunshistorikus Elza Miles gedokumenteer is. [2] Die Suid-Afrikaanse versameling sluit nou ook werk van Gerard Sekota en Judith Mason in.[3] Sedert die middel 1990's word die Nuwe Handtekeninge kompetisie ook by die Pretoria Kunsmuseum gehou. [4]

Die Pretoria Stadsraad het in 1954 besluit dat 'n gebou opgerig moes word om die kunsversameling te huisves. Die argiteksfirma Burg, Lodge en Burg en W.G. McIntosh, en die boukontrakteur J. Zylstra (Edms) Bpk is aangestel. Die kurator van die Johannesburg Kunsmuseum, Anton Hendriks het in adviserende hoedanigheid opgetree en die stadsklerk van Pretoria, Henry Preiss, wat die dryfveer agter die projek was, het in 1956 met vakansie in Europa getoer waar hy kunsmuseums bestudeer het.[1]

Bouwerk het op 26 Januarie 1962 begin en die hoeksteen is op 19 Oktober 1962 deur die destydse eerste minister Dr H.F. Verwoerd en die burgemeester van Pretoria, Raadslid E. Smith, gelê. Die gebou uit beton en glas is oor 'n tydperk van 18 maande teen 'n bedrag van R400 000 voltooi. Die ontwerp is in die modernistiese Internasionale Styl ontwerp en tegniese innovasies wat op daardie tydstip uitvoerbaar was is gebruik. Die museum is amptelik ingehuldig op 20 Mei 1964 deur die nuwe burgemeester van Pretoria, Dr P.J. van der Walt. . Die eerste kurator van die nuwe Pretoria Kunsmuseum was Dr Albert Werth wat vroeg in 1963 aangestel is en tot met sy aftrede in 1991 as Direkteur van die kunsmuseum in die diens van die museum was.[1]

Addisionele uitstalruimte is in 1975 geskep met die oprig van afskeiding van 'n oop gedeelte tussen die hoofingang en die Oos-Galery. Die gebou is in 1988 en weer in 1999 opgegradeer. In laasgenoemde geval in voorbereiding van die internasionale uitstalling, Leonardo da Vinci: wetenskaplike, uitvinder, kunstenaar. 'n Beeldetuin is ook op die stadium tot die museum toegevoeg.[1]

Google Translate's version

The Pretoria Art Museum is an art museum in Arcadia, Pretoria in South Africa. The museum is located in Arcadia Park that the entire block bounded by Park, Wessels, Schoeman and Johan Street area.

The Pretoria Art Museum was established at the City Council of Pretoria Art Collection since the 1930s, built to accommodate. The collection has mainly been given a boost when Lady Michaelis in 1932, after her husband, Sir Max Michaelis, death of a large number of artworks to the city council bequeathed. The collection mainly 17th-century work of the North Dutch school has. South African works, the Henk Pierneef Pieter Wenning, French Oerder Anton van Wouw and Irma Stern included. The collection was originally housed in the Town Hall. As South African museums in Cape Town and Johannesburg have good collections of 17th, 18th and 19th century European art had, it was decided to focus on compiling a representative collection of South African art. Aside from these artists is work by Hugo Naude, Maggie Loubser and other acquired. The purchase of International work was focused on more affordable graphics pressures from Europe and USA. More recently, greater emphasis on contemporary South African art and building a more representative historical collection also traditional arts and new-media. [1]. After the death of the sculptor Lucas Sithole 1994, half of his unfinished work by Haenggi Foundation donated to the museum after by art historian Elza Miles documented. [2] The South African collection now includes work by Gerard Sekota and Judith Mason in [3]. Since the mid 1990s, the New Signatures competition also at the Pretoria Art Museum held. [4]

The Pretoria City Council in 1954 decided that a building had to be the art collection will be housed. The firm of architects Burg, Lodge and Burg and W.G. McIntosh and the builder J. Zylstra (Pty) Ltd was appointed. The curator of the Johannesburg Art Museum, Anton Hendriks in an advisory capacity, and have the city clerk of Pretoria, Henry Preiss, the driving force behind the project was in 1956 on holiday in Europe on tour, where he art museums studied [1].

Building on January 26, 1962 beginning and the cornerstone on 19 October 1962 by the then Prime Minister Dr HF Verwoerd and the mayor of Pretoria, Councillor E. Smith, submitted. The building of concrete and glass over a period of 18 months at a cost of R400 000 completed. The design in the modern International Style design and technical innovations at that time was feasible was used. The museum was officially inaugurated on May 20, 1964 the new mayor of Pretoria, Dr PJ van der Walt. . The first curator of the new Pretoria Art Museum was Dr. Albert Werth early in 1963 appointed and until his retirement in 1991 as director of the art museum in the service of the museum was [1].

Additional exhibit space was created in 1975 with the creation of secretion of an open area between the entrance and the East Gallery. It was constructed in 1988 and again in 1999 upgraded. In the latter case in preparation for the international exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci: scientist, inventor, artist. An image Garden is also on the stage to the museum added [1].

Cleaned up English draft

The Pretoria Art Museum is an art gallery located in Arcadia, Pretoria in South Africa. The museum in Arcadia Park occupies an entire city block bounded by Park, Wessels, Schoeman and Johann Streets.

The Pretoria Art Museum was established to house the City Council of Pretoria's Art Collection, built up since the 1930s. The collection recieved an early windfall in 1932 when Lady Michaelis bequeathed a large number of artworks to the city council after the death of her husband, Sir Max Michaelis. The collection consisted mainly of 17th-century work of the "North Dutch school",. South African works included pieces by Henk Pierneef, Pieter Wenning, Frans Oerder, Anton van Wouw and Irma Stern. The collection was originally housed in the Town Hall. As South African museums in Cape Town and Johannesburg already had good collections of 17th, 18th and 19th century European art, it was decided to focus on compiling a representative collection of South African art.

Translation

I have put in a tidied Google translation. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:34, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

It still needs quite a bit of tidying up. Unfortunately you also removed the inline citations from the Afrikaans version. I put a few of them back in, just to get the reflist started properly. It would have been better to not yet place the text in the article but rather to complete the cleaning up process here first. The grammar is still really bad in some places. I'll try to give it some attention in the coming week. Roger (talk) 13:48, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Having just taken a stab at cleaning up the machine translation pasted into the article by Anthony Appleyard, I think it should be sandboxed - Sorry Anthony but in the "cold light" of Monday morning I find it to be a really horrible translation - IMHO it's definitely not fit for public consumption.

I propose that we return the article itself to the gramatically clean stub it was before (but keep the inforbox and map that has been added in the meantime) and have a full go at producing a properly cleaned up translation before pasting it back into the article. Roger (talk) 07:25, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

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