Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

atelier de petit coulage

English translation:

Small-scale Casting Shop

Added to glossary by janisct
Oct 8, 2008 09:18
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French term

atelier de petit coulage

French to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting ceramics (Sevres)
Le cafetiere et son couvercle sont realises dans l'atelier de petit coulage tandis que l'anse est tournee.

Incidentally, the term 'grand coulage' also appears. Presumably it's some form of 'casting', but I wondered if there was a special term in English to differentiate between petit and grand coulage?
References
ceramic moulding

Proposed translations

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Small Casting Shop

grand coulage - large casting
petit coulage - small casting
Peer comment(s):

agree Christopher Crockett : "Small-scale...shop" perfectly satisfies my first objection --I'm still not sure about using "casting" rather than "moulding" for this process (which does involve the use of moulds, after all).
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shop for small castings (mouldings??)

Mohan's answer looks possible, *assuming* that "coulage" = "casting."

But there is an ambiguity in the construction "small casting shop": is the shop small or are the castings small?

And there may be a problem with the use of "casting."

It is not clear to me that "casting" is appropriate here --that word is usually used in English when referring to metalwork (molten metal is poured into moulds); though we do have "plaster casts" (usually of artworks).

"Coulage" can certainly refer to a process using moulds:

COULAGE, subst. masc.
A. [En parlant d'un liquide, d'une matière en fusion, d'un mélange pâteux]
1. Action de couler. Le coulage d'une bougie....

...Façonnage ou moulage par coulage (A. BRONGNIART, Traité arts céram., 1844, p. 147).

http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/tlfiv5/affart.exe?19;s...
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Reference comments

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Reference:

ceramic moulding

you might find looking under ceramic moulding useful.
http://manufacturedesevres.culture.gouv.fr/site.php?type=P&i...


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Note added at 10 mins (2008-10-08 09:29:10 GMT)
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There is also a very useful glossary: http://manufacturedesevres.culture.gouv.fr/site.php?type=P&i...
This presumably is also available in French as well as English
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