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French term or phrase:
signature de manufacture
English translation:
distinctive style
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Philippa Smith
May 26, 2021 19:16
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French term
United Kingdom
signature de manufacture
French to English
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Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Art development in Africa
In notes about an exhibition, talking about the development of arts and crafts in Africa. Context: "Des voyages et de la rencontre avec le reste du monde, même si en Afrique il ne s’est pas encore développé une **signature de manufacture** dans l’industrie, les Africains ont appris à innover, en s’appropriant et en transformant les matières importées..." What is the sense of this phrase please? Thanks for any help.
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distinctive style
Obviously more literally it's the "style of manufacture/production", but I feel you can move away from "manufacture" and take it as implicit, since we're talking about arts and craft, and refer instead to the distinctive style of the creative output from Africa at the period in question.
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