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20:05 Aug 13, 2017 |
French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Archaeology / ancient art | |||||
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| Selected response from: Charles Davis Spain Local time: 16:08 | ||||
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4 +2 | working gold, silver and copper |
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4 +1 | working with copper or silver- or goldsmithing |
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4 | copper, silver and gold (metallurgy) |
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métallurgie...l\'orfèvrerie copper, silver and gold (metallurgy) Explanation: I would leave out "metallurgy" as I think it goes without saying when you've just listed three metals. But you could include it if you want to. |
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métallurgie...l\'orfèvrerie working gold, silver and copper Explanation: I don't think it's enough just to mention the metals. In my opinion, the word "working" ought to be in there. Orfèvrerie is an art and craft, not a technology; it's not about smelting gold and silver but about working them to produce decorative objects. Métallurgie is a (partially) false friend and the word "metallurgy" should certainly not appear here. In English it means the science and technology of metals. It can mean that in French, but it can also mean "travail des métaux" ( métallurgie de transformation, http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/métallurgie ), and that's what it must mean here: "métallurgie du cuivre" means working copper, just as "orfèvrerie" means working gold and silver (or just gold, but I think we should assume that silver is included too). I am sure that the three metals are being referred to in the same way. Anything with "goldsmith" or "silversmith" is awkward, as your suggestions show. I think just "working gold, silver and copper" is the way to go. The order of the metals can be as you wish, but to me the most natural order is from greater to lesser value. "Mesopotamian craftsmen excelled in the technique of working gold, silver, and copper" https://archive.org/stream/historyofart00invinc/historyofart... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2017-08-14 01:56:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In fact I would be inclined to make it even more specific, and say "the art of working gold, silver and copper". As I said in my response to Phil, if you say: "in that, as in everything to do with copper, gold and silver, they were past masters", the reader is very likely to understand that the Egyptians were experts in all aspects of these metals, not just in working them artistically. This may be true (it probably is), but it is certainly not what the author is saying here. |
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