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lettres de noblesse

English translation: its noble status / its noble position

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French term or phrase:lettres de noblesse
English translation:its noble status / its noble position
Entered by: Ega

20:17 Aug 2, 2010
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
French term or phrase: lettres de noblesse
taken from a text about the history of the cello, the sentence reads: "Ce n'est qu'au dixneuvième siècle que le violoncelle va acquérir ses lettres de noblesse pour devenir un instrument soliste et concertant (...)"
Ega
Local time: 04:41
its noble status / its noble position
Explanation:
sugg.
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imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 23:41
Grading comment
merci imatahan!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3its noble status / its noble position
imatahan
4 -1becomes respectable
Hilary Wilson
Summary of reference entries provided
Glossary Entry: lettres de noblesse
SMcG (X)
and that's not the only time it's come up
Melzie

Discussion entries: 1





  

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its noble status / its noble position


Explanation:
sugg.

imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 23:41
Native speaker of: Portuguese
Grading comment
merci imatahan!
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
becomes respectable


Explanation:
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Hilary Wilson
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  David Vaughn: Noblesse is a high status, no instrument in the orchestra was considered "not respectable"
26 mins
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Reference comments


30 mins peer agreement (net): +3
Reference: Glossary Entry: lettres de noblesse

Reference information:
Helpful to check the glossary first, the phrase is there.


    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/linguistics/1251...
SMcG (X)
Belgium
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Chris Hall
6 mins
agree  Melzie
7 mins
agree  Claire Nolan: Worth looking at.
17 mins
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37 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: and that's not the only time it's come up

Reference information:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/wine_oenology_vi...

the glossery is VERY useful

Tony's answer is really good, I think.

Melzie
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Claire Nolan: Worth looking at your suggested link.
9 mins
agree  Chris Hall
28 mins
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