Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ancrage local
English translation:
local involvement
Added to glossary by
Mark Nathan
Nov 27, 2007 17:38
16 yrs ago
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French term
ancrage local
French to English
Art/Literary
History
From the description of an art exhibit. All that comes to mind for ancrage is "local roots", put it doesn't seem quite right.
En 2006, l’Italie du Nord a fêté le cinquième centenaire de la mort de l’artiste à travers l’organisation de 14 expositions retraçant l’ancrage local du peintre dans ses différents foyers de création, notamment à Padoue, Mantoue et Vérone.
En 2006, l’Italie du Nord a fêté le cinquième centenaire de la mort de l’artiste à travers l’organisation de 14 expositions retraçant l’ancrage local du peintre dans ses différents foyers de création, notamment à Padoue, Mantoue et Vérone.
Proposed translations
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Change log
Dec 2, 2007 18:37: Mark Nathan Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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local involvement
retracing the artist's local involvement during his most productive periods
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creative periods
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tracing the artist's footsteps in the various places that he lived during his creative periods
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creative periods
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-11-27 23:14:15 GMT)
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tracing the artist's footsteps in the various places that he lived during his creative periods
Peer comment(s):
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Arleene McFarlane
1 hr
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Melissa McMahon
: yes, even plural here perhaps - "local involvements"
1 hr
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Carol Gullidge
: I like "involvement", but not sure if "local involvement" as such isn't usually used rather differently
1 hr
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jean-jacques alexandre
11 hrs
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Nina Iordache
: Yes: tracing the artist's footsteps!
11 hrs
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Cervin
: Im not sure about hthe 'local' bit, though-what about 'close involvement'-call it artisitic licence!
18 hrs
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malligajm
3 days 18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone. I also really liked Emma's final suggestion, although unfortunately it came after I sent in my translation."
5 mins
Victoria Porter-Burns
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local roots**
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Sorry - first answer should have read 'local roots'
Peer comment(s):
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Bourth (X)
: "Roots" implies he was born there, which may well not be the case. Artists move about and may be "ancrés" there for a large part of their (later) lives.
38 mins
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27 mins
belonging to
the artist's belonging to these places
34 mins
immersion in the locality
If this is not too strong?
44 mins
intimate association with the area
Unless you know he WAS born there, for instance.
56 mins
residence
very prosaic I know, but I get the impression that all this means is that he actually lived for a while in each of the places mentioned
3 hrs
involvement in the local settings
Dans chacun des foyers artistiques où il séjourne et travaille, l'artiste est amené à développer une facette particulière de son travail et de sa sensibilité.
5 hrs
Carol Gullidge
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poetically precise prose with... panache
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Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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35
commitment to the area
also like "involvement"
I avoided (by the skin of my teeth!) "local commitment", as this usually implies the commitment of the locals (to something)
I avoided (by the skin of my teeth!) "local commitment", as this usually implies the commitment of the locals (to something)
19 hrs
firmly anchored
...displaying how the artist was firmly anchored in each of his successive creative settings/environments.
Discussion
Emma, for now I have centers of creation for foyers, but I'm not happy with that either.