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French to English Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
accrochage personnel		her private (art) collection/or artwork hanging on her own walls
doxa		dogma	Diane de Cicco
Entered by: Diane de Cicco
j’orchestre des savoir-faire qui composent le langage poly-sensoriel		I co-ordinate/marshall the technologies/bodies of knowledge which make up multi-sensory language
la DA		décoration et aménagement
prêts et dépôts		long and short term loans
"bousillage" [glassblowing]		glass fusing
"Le moulin de la Gertrude"		Gertrude's mill
"univers sensibles"		realms of the senses
(à l'échelle du) tableau de chevalet		on the scale of a small painting
(centre de) pulsions		forces / energy
(dont) il se fit des règles facultatives...		he made optional rules
(Mon) Ressenti		Perceptions/impressions	Chakib Roula
Entered by: Chakib Roula
... tels des témoignages de l’étude éclairée et scientifique du monde.		as illustrations of an enlightened and scientific study of the world
...ont bercé son enfance		her/his childhood dreams were filled with...	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
...que l’on finit par « oublier »		...that we have a tendency to forget
2nd plan (3eme, 4eme,5eme)		2nd wing/bay	Stephen Rifkind
Entered by: Stephen Rifkind
a toutes marges		full margins / untrimmed
aération		opening up (of space)
abandonner à		make available to
absorber ses humeurs .		imbibe (its) humour(s)
acheter à l'oreille		buy with their ears
action volontariste		affirmative action
activation des oeuvres		installation/set up
adhesion organique		being true to one's vital principle / life force / growth imperative.
agent revendeur		dealer
aliénation au marché		and to compromise my artistic integrity by pandering to the market
ambiance végétale		prim[a]eval vegetative ambiance / atmosphere / feeling
anatomies factices		anatomical fantasies
angles techniques		technical perspective	Raya Mansour
Entered by: Raya Mansour
apprenti dual en bijouterie		sandwich course in jewellery making (UK English) / jewellery apprenticeship as part of a co-op program (American English)
appropriation		appropriation
appuyé		strong lines / powerfully linear
argumentations		approach
art de vivre		the art of living (gracious living)	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
artiste émergent		up-and-coming artist	Sandrine Guyennet
Entered by: Sandrine Guyennet
artiste en permanence		artist on permanent display	Lorraine Dubuc
Entered by: Lorraine Dubuc
atelier de petit coulage		Small-scale Casting Shop
atelier museographique		museum workroom
au glacés		oil glaze tachnique	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
au lieu de		instead of

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