Mar 21, 2018 08:20
6 yrs ago
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French term
France
FR/AR-EN, broad range of domains
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Arabic to English, Italian to English
faire vendange.
French to English
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Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
wine storehouses
The metaphorical use of this expression in the following sentence describing the rise of more modern styles for wine storehouses (chais):
"Et progressivement, dans tout le vignoble, le contemporain fait vendange."
Do I take it to mean this style was to prevail? An equivalent wine- or harvest-based metaphor in English does not spring to mind.
"Et progressivement, dans tout le vignoble, le contemporain fait vendange."
Do I take it to mean this style was to prevail? An equivalent wine- or harvest-based metaphor in English does not spring to mind.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | is flourishing/thriving |
Mark Nathan
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| 4 +4 | reaping the benefits |
sporran
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| 4 | is enjoying a boom / is becoming all the rage |
Charles Davis
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| 4 | putting down roots |
kashew
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| 3 | is the pick of the day |
B D Finch
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Proposed translations
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is flourishing/thriving
to keep the idea of vines growing etc.
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| Pure poetry, thanks. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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is enjoying a boom / is becoming all the rage
If you would like to use a harvest-related metaphor in English, perhaps "is in season" might work, but actually this is a set phrase which does not necessarily have agricultural connotations:
"Faire vendange. Faire un gain considérable, tirer du profit de. Il comptait faire vendange dans cette place, on l'a chassé (Ac.1835, 1878)."
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/vendange
So I suppose an equivalent might be something like "raking it in", "cleaning up", etc., but they don't quite seem suitable in this context.
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Note added at 27 mins (2018-03-21 08:47:52 GMT)
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I admit that it's a pity to lose the wordplay created by applying this expression to a wine-related context, and if somebody can come up with a natural expression that retains those connotations and has the right meaning, great, but I can't think of one. The best I can think of is something like "having a bumper year", which can be applied to crops, but "year" isn't quite right, and I don't think "having a bumper harvest" really works.
"Faire vendange. Faire un gain considérable, tirer du profit de. Il comptait faire vendange dans cette place, on l'a chassé (Ac.1835, 1878)."
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/vendange
So I suppose an equivalent might be something like "raking it in", "cleaning up", etc., but they don't quite seem suitable in this context.
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Note added at 27 mins (2018-03-21 08:47:52 GMT)
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I admit that it's a pity to lose the wordplay created by applying this expression to a wine-related context, and if somebody can come up with a natural expression that retains those connotations and has the right meaning, great, but I can't think of one. The best I can think of is something like "having a bumper year", which can be applied to crops, but "year" isn't quite right, and I don't think "having a bumper harvest" really works.
Note from asker:
| Thank you for the time you spend thinking this over! |
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reaping the benefits
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My read : Gradually the vineyard as a whole is reaping the benefits of modernity
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| I see what you've done, but it just doesn't seem to fit with the context. Thanks all the same. |
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Thank you :-)
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is the pick of the day
Another suggestion. The problem with references for this sort of thing is that they are evidence of a lack of originality, but here are a couple:
www.mayonews.ie › Living
“In 1979, Hochar exhibited his 1967 vintage wine at the Bristol Wine Fair, and it turned out to be the pick of the day among journalists and connoisseurs. The rest is history for this iconic winery, which has accumulated countless awards and secured resting places in some of the most famous cellars in the ...
https://www.facebook.com/TheBottleShopDiscountLiquors/videos...
Employee Pick of the Day: Good evening all you ghouls and girls. Is everyone going out to Halloween parties tonight? The pick of the day is Bogle Vineyards Phantom 2010. This California red wine is a blend of old vine zinfandel, petit Sirah, and old vine mourverde. As it says on the label: "In the dark recesses of the cellar ...
www.mayonews.ie › Living
“In 1979, Hochar exhibited his 1967 vintage wine at the Bristol Wine Fair, and it turned out to be the pick of the day among journalists and connoisseurs. The rest is history for this iconic winery, which has accumulated countless awards and secured resting places in some of the most famous cellars in the ...
https://www.facebook.com/TheBottleShopDiscountLiquors/videos...
Employee Pick of the Day: Good evening all you ghouls and girls. Is everyone going out to Halloween parties tonight? The pick of the day is Bogle Vineyards Phantom 2010. This California red wine is a blend of old vine zinfandel, petit Sirah, and old vine mourverde. As it says on the label: "In the dark recesses of the cellar ...
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| Lovely, thanks. |
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putting down roots
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