Sentence examples for does a literal from inspiring English sources

In neither case does a literal transcription produce the most desirable result: it refuses the risks — the deep adventure — of the poetry.

The actors don't try to do a literal impression of Rifkind et al.

Normally, someone who is more academic will have done a literal version, translating from their first language into their second language.

"We talked about 'All that Jazz' as a prototype biopic, one that got the essence of the man without doing a literal impersonation," Mr. Rockwell recalled.

"If we tried to do a literal interpretation of the book it would, in my opinion, be too much for an audience.

Making Kevin was a very different experience, she said: "It's a hiding to nothing if you do a literal translation – I don't have respect for the text like it was the Bible.

How is doing a literal impersonation of someone trying to push any boundaries?

We're not too sure about the legality of doing a literal Where's Waldo?

After a very competitive audition process, Holland landed the roll when he did a literal backflip on a screen test with Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr.

"The idea was to do a homage to the pope," Rainaldi said, adding he could have done a literal image, like "the hundreds of those you see in souvenir shops".

Only in America, the paradoxical land of blind faith not only in God, but also the power of medical science to cure all, would one even do a literal-minded study like this.