Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 29, 2006 14:02
17 yrs ago
French term
United States
Scientist / Linguist
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Portuguese to English, and 2 more.
chinés
French to English
Marketing
Cooking / Culinary
fruit liqueurs -fruit growers
I have a long term project for a cooperative of fruit growers. This is for an in-store leaflet distributed to specialty shops carrying their products throughout the world.
This term can mean a variety of things. I am assuming this is a creative use of the word to bring up images of shopping for antiques as well as cloud-filled skies over the sea. But I would like to know what you think they are saying here.
"...on imagine quelques mariages gourmands en choisissant un très bon vinaigre, un pesto, une huile d’olive à la mandarine, des galettes salées et sucrées ou encore quelques objets de la table dessinés par XXXXX ou ***chinés*** au hasard des voyages en Méditerranée."
MTIA!
This term can mean a variety of things. I am assuming this is a creative use of the word to bring up images of shopping for antiques as well as cloud-filled skies over the sea. But I would like to know what you think they are saying here.
"...on imagine quelques mariages gourmands en choisissant un très bon vinaigre, un pesto, une huile d’olive à la mandarine, des galettes salées et sucrées ou encore quelques objets de la table dessinés par XXXXX ou ***chinés*** au hasard des voyages en Méditerranée."
MTIA!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | discovered / unearthed (by chance) |
PB Trans
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| 4 +3 | stumbled across (by chance) |
Rachel Nkere-Uwem (X)
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| 3 +3 | picked up/collected- usually at 2nd hand flea markets/garage sales |
RHELLER
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| 3 +1 | serendipitous discoveries |
Bailatjones
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Proposed translations
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43 mins
Selected
discovered / unearthed (by chance)
discovered / unearthed (in the figurative sense of course)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This was such a hard decision - all of you had such wonderful suggestions. I think the metaphor of "unearthed" is the best fit here after all and appreciate the insight, Pina. Thank you every one for such excellent ideas."
+3
5 mins
picked up/collected- usually at 2nd hand flea markets/garage sales
Digiclass@Rutgers - FRENCH(*déclic : ce qui provoque un nouvel intérêt, une nouvelle passion, *chiner : chercher de bonnes affaires dans des magasins de seconde main) ...
fas-digiclass.rutgers.edu/global/skeleton.jsp?page=/ french/132examen1_3a.html&dept=french
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or
dug up (idea of spending a lot of time finding the perfect item!)
fas-digiclass.rutgers.edu/global/skeleton.jsp?page=/ french/132examen1_3a.html&dept=french
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Note added at 7 mins (2006-06-29 14:10:09 GMT)
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or
dug up (idea of spending a lot of time finding the perfect item!)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
marie-christine périé
: in Mediadico: one of the meanings of chiner is to hunt for antiques (
9 mins
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thanks Marie-Christine -hunted is also good :-)
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Mark Nathan
36 mins
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thanks Mark :-)
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Jonathan MacKerron
: like your shades
1 hr
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Hi Jonathan :-)
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+3
8 mins
stumbled across (by chance)
chiné often means bargain-hunted, but I don't think you need to state that here. 'Stumbled across' conjures up trips to romantic overseas markets...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sandra Petch
: or perhaps "stumbled upon"
1 min
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Thank you.
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| agree |
TNTraduction (X)
: this conveys the correct meaning
26 mins
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Thank you.
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| agree |
cmwilliams (X)
30 mins
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Thank you.
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+1
37 mins
serendipitous discoveries
I know I've changed from verb to adj + noun but ... I didn't quite like how 'discovered serendipitously' sounded... and thought it might spark some creativity.
Peer comment(s):
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Adam Warren
: I think this is positively delightful!
17 hrs
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Very kind of you, thanks :-)
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