French term
le plus constamment
DOC: 1907 Museum catalog of ancient mirrors
CONTEXT: we see that: 1°.... 2° que la dorure appliquée non seulement par placage, mais encore par teinture, était un des vieux procédés métallurgiques des Égyptiens, nouvelle confirmation que l'industrie du miroir est au premier rang de celles où se sont exercées ***le plus constamment*** ces corporations d'artisans à la fois forgerons, fondeurs et orfèvres qui sont les vrais précurseurs des alchimistes.
ISSUE: Does this just be translated as "plied their trade day in and day out" here? Or could it mean something else like most diligently or just continuously/ceaselessly, since you can't have "more endlessly/constantly!" even in French, or can you? What do I know! At Linguee I found it translated (just 2 examples) as consistently, but I don't think that quite works as the best translation here. But perhaps I'm completely misunderstanding the phrase???
Thank you for any suggestions or clarification!
| 4 +2 | most often/most commonly |
philgoddard
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| 4 | The most constantly |
Messaoudi N.
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Aug 14, 2017 21:01: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "ancient art" to "in a text on ancient art"
Aug 14, 2017 21:09: Rachel Fell changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Nikki Scott-Despaigne, writeaway, Rachel Fell
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"Plus" means more, "le plus" is most.
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Karen Pomnitz
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writeaway
: not so sure about your translations of constamment, but definitely agree that plus can mean more and le plus can mean the most.
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I don't think "constantly" or "continually" works in this context.
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Yolanda Broad
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Reference comments
dicos
constamment [kɔ̃stamɑ̃]
adverbe
[sans interruption] continuously, continually
[très fréquemment] constantly
RC:
constamment /kɔ̃stamɑ̃/ adverbe
(= sans trêve)constantly • continuously
(= très souvent)constantly • continually
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