Oct 20, 2008 19:17
15 yrs ago
French term
témoignages parallèles
French to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Elles reflètent les croyances d’un peuple en pleine mutation, comme l’indiquent leur forme, leur décor et les témoignages parallèles recensés.
They reflect the beliefs of a people undergoing massive changes, as shown by their shape, their decorative features and parallel findings.
Does parallel findings sound right to your ear? Boy, do I hate translating "témoignages" - it's right up there with "le regard" and "valorisation" in my pet hates :-)
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They reflect the beliefs of a people undergoing massive changes, as shown by their shape, their decorative features and parallel findings.
Does parallel findings sound right to your ear? Boy, do I hate translating "témoignages" - it's right up there with "le regard" and "valorisation" in my pet hates :-)
TIA
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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concurrent evidence / accounts
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Peer comment(s):
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Sandra Mouton
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thank you, Sandra
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SJLD
: or reports
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thank you, SJLD
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mill2
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thanks, mill
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Susan Nicholls
: could it also be "contemporary" or "from the period"?
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thanks, SusanNicholls, yes tho I find contemporary harder to use with the notion of oral trad evidence
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Comment: "Many good suggestions, so I awarded points based on peer agrees. Thanks very much to everyone!"
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Sandra Mouton
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independent accounts
This is what first comes to mind.
But I'm pretty certain 'findings' refer to things whereas "témoignages" is always about people.
But I'm pretty certain 'findings' refer to things whereas "témoignages" is always about people.
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22 mins
parallel findings/observations
sounds OK to me. Maybe add ""...other parallel findings" for clarity.
42 mins
similar findings
I think you could get around témoignages by saying
"as testified by the shape, decorative markings and similar findings on the subject
I think that parallèle here is in the sense of similar, analogous, but "parallel findings" doesn't sound quite right to me
"as testified by the shape, decorative markings and similar findings on the subject
I think that parallèle here is in the sense of similar, analogous, but "parallel findings" doesn't sound quite right to me
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an account of concurring/similar experiences
Elles reflètent les croyances d’un peuple en pleine mutation, comme l’indiquent leur forme, leur décor et les témoignages parallèles recensés.
They reflect the beliefs of people undergoing radical transformations as shown by their shape, the scenery/decorative features ( they use) and their accounts of similar experiences
They reflect the beliefs of people undergoing radical transformations as shown by their shape, the scenery/decorative features ( they use) and their accounts of similar experiences
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contemporaneous objects
my thought being that "temoignages parallèles" are objects of the same period that show the same aspects as the figurines, therefore confirming them.
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