Mar 28 21:42
1 mo ago
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French term
écrin
French to English
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Sewing
Hi everyone,
Is this more of a sewing basket or a sewing box? The original sentence is:
Ivoire se saisit de l’écrin, le cala sur sa hanche et partit à la recherche de Démesure.
Thank you!
Is this more of a sewing basket or a sewing box? The original sentence is:
Ivoire se saisit de l’écrin, le cala sur sa hanche et partit à la recherche de Démesure.
Thank you!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | box, case | Bourth |
4 +1 | jewellery case, jewellery box | Anastasia Kalantzi |
References
A bit of context | Althea Draper |
Change log
Mar 28, 2024 22:50: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from " l’écrin" to " écrin"
Proposed translations
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43 mins
French term (edited):
l’écrin
Selected
box, case
If you go back 5 pages from where you are, you'll find (and must surely have seen and translated) boîte à rubans, subsequently referred to as just boîte two lines ahead of écrin. Given the antics these ribbons get up to in the intervening pages, I tend to see the 'box' more as one of those baskets snake charmers charm cobras out of, but that is by-the-bye.
If you want to avoid repetition of 'box' (or whatever you have used previously), you could say 'case' maybe, like the écrin rings, collector coins, etc. come in. In this house, however, my ribbon box (I'm one of those hoarders who prefers to keep ribbons from the family's Christmas and birthday presents, hampers of French wines and delicacies, etc. rather than throw them away; you never know when they will come in handy ... and they DO) is actually one of those cardboard L'Occitane toiletries boxes.
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Claquement funeste suggests that the box/case is made of wood, at least something solid and heavy enough to make a noise when the lid is released, unless it is spring-loaded like those velvet-covered plastic boxes. Definitely not a cardboard L'Occitane box.
If you want to avoid repetition of 'box' (or whatever you have used previously), you could say 'case' maybe, like the écrin rings, collector coins, etc. come in. In this house, however, my ribbon box (I'm one of those hoarders who prefers to keep ribbons from the family's Christmas and birthday presents, hampers of French wines and delicacies, etc. rather than throw them away; you never know when they will come in handy ... and they DO) is actually one of those cardboard L'Occitane toiletries boxes.
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Note added at 51 mins (2024-03-28 22:33:50 GMT)
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Claquement funeste suggests that the box/case is made of wood, at least something solid and heavy enough to make a noise when the lid is released, unless it is spring-loaded like those velvet-covered plastic boxes. Definitely not a cardboard L'Occitane box.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
1 hr
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agree |
Philippa Smith
10 hrs
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agree |
philgoddard
16 hrs
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Comment: "Thank you for such a thoughtful answer!"
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French term (edited):
l’écrin
jewellery case, jewellery box
écrin nm. (boîte de bijou) case, box n. (UK) jewellery case, jewellery box n.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=8997844...
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/comme-une-perle-en-s...
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=8997844...
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/comme-une-perle-en-s...
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: just "case" or more likely "box" (of ribbons)
17 hrs
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That would also be just fine and much more appropriate to this case. Many thanks! 🤗
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Reference comments
59 mins
Reference:
A bit of context
"La Coryphée s'extirpa de son fauteuil à contrecœur, pointa le coffret d'un doigt vengeur et dilata son œil-fin : les rubans étalés sur le sol filèrent se réfugier au fond de leur boîte et le couvercle retomba dans un claquement funeste . Ivoire se saisit de l'écrin , le cala sur sa hanche et partit à la recherche de Démesure. Sitôt mis au courant de sa décision, le tailleur s'empressa de la vouer à tous les Jouets de la création."
The text for this and the previous question comes from the book Plein-Ciel
By Siècle Vaëlban, Elsa Roman.
The text for this and the previous question comes from the book Plein-Ciel
By Siècle Vaëlban, Elsa Roman.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree |
philgoddard
: Thanks! So It's just a way to avoid repeating 'boîte'.
16 hrs
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