Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
point d'ancrage
English translation:
defining features
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B D Finch
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French term
United Kingdom
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
point d'ancrage
French to English
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L’acte se construit autour de la SAPE (Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elégantes) et du personnage de SAPEUR car c’est un des points d’ancrage du coupé-décalé.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | defining features |
B D Finch
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| 3 | main ingredients |
David Vaughn
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| 1 | anchor point |
Wendy Streitparth
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defining features
One of the defining features of coupé-décalé.
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Wendy Streitparth
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Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
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main ingredients
"Point d'ancrage" is a term from psychology, based on the image of anchoring something (attaching to a solid base) - "grounding" something we'd say in English.
So the author is saying that la sape, fancy threads, is a key element in this dance/music style, le coupé-décalé.
What term you actually use should probably come out of the poetry of how you decide to render this struggling-to-be-hip text.
So the author is saying that la sape, fancy threads, is a key element in this dance/music style, le coupé-décalé.
What term you actually use should probably come out of the poetry of how you decide to render this struggling-to-be-hip text.
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