Negative coordination (niti)

QuestionAnswer
abstract
apstraktan
installation
instalacija
meaning (definition of a word or symbol)
značenje
This abstract installation has no meaning.
Ova apstraktna instalacija nema značenje.
nor
niti
explanation
objašnjenje
I do not understand the meaning, nor do I need an explanation.
Ne razumijem značenje, niti trebam objašnjenje.
The author did not write an explanation, nor does the installation have a title.
Autor nije napisao objašnjenje, niti instalacija ima naslov.
to be appalled
zgražati se
to insult
vrijeđati
taste (flavor; aesthetic preference)
ukus
In my opinion, people are appalled because it insults their taste.
Prema mom mišljenju, ljudi se zgražaju jer to vrijeđa njihov ukus.
The fact that this abstract art is expensive insults my taste.
Činjenica da je ova apstraktna umjetnost skupa vrijeđa moj ukus.
to provoke
provocirati
The exhibition is not provoking me, nor am I appalled.
Izložba me ne provocira, niti se zgražam.
nonsense (absurdity, lack of sense)
besmislica
Are they provoking us with this nonsense?
Provociraju li nas ovom besmislicom?
This nonsense does not interest me, nor does it insult me.
Ova besmislica me ne zanima, niti me vrijeđa.
The exhibition is so bad that no one is looking at the paintings, nor is anyone asking anything.
Izložba je toliko loša da nitko ne gleda slike, niti itko išta pita.
The artist does not have talent, nor does his abstract work have meaning.
Umjetnik nema talenta, niti njegovo apstraktno djelo ima značenje.