GR translation: the translucent guardian of a rainfall

[David Morris]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 7:28 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V94.8-15 ,P96.1-9   The cameraman is pleased at the unexpected effect of so
much flowing crepe, particularly when Katje passes before a window and the
rainlight coming through changes it for a few brief unshutterings to
murky glass, charcoal-saturated, antique and weather-worn, frock, face,
hair, hands, slender calves all gone to glass and glazing, for the
celluloid instant poised—the translucent guardian of a rainfall shaken
through all day by rocket blasts near and far, downward, dark and ruinous
behind her the ground which, for the frames’ passage, defines her.

Several things:

what does "it" refer to?     I always thought it refers to the crepe, but
> the published translation took it as the window, which seems redundant to
> me since it's already made of glass.


Here’s my understanding:
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“ when Katje passes before a window and *the **rainlight* coming
through *changes
it* for a few brief unshutterings to murky
glass, charcoal-saturated,”

Can be analyzed as:
“RAINLIGHT [coming through the window] changes  *IT*  (the camera’s
shutter-taking recorded visual effects of the) *flowing crepe.”*
———————

What does "the translucent guardian" refer to here? I thought it refers to
> the preceding image of Katje in the dress, while the published translation
> again interpreted it as the window, which doesn't seem right.
>

Here’s my understanding:
————————
“for the celluloid instant poised—the translucent guardian”

All the rainy lighting effects have transformed Katie FOR THE CAMERA
(celluloid) into the *translucent guardian*.
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What does the word "downward" describe here?
>

Here’s my understanding:
————————
“a rainfall shaken through all day by rocket blasts near and far, downward,
dark and ruinous behind her the ground”

*RAIN*(falls) *DOWNWARD* [into] the *GROUND*.
———————-

David Morris