Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
on peut même dire de prédilection
English translation:
arguably even favourite
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angela3thomas
Jul 30, 2017 22:56
6 yrs ago
French term
on peut même dire de prédilection
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French to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
ancient art
Hi again!
DOC: 1907 Museum catalog of ancient Egyptian mirrors.
CONTEXT: Miroirs solaires. - Le modèle le plus ordinaire, ***on peut même dire de prédilection***, du miroir égyptien est le solaire.
ATTEMPT: Solar mirrors. -- The most common form of the Egyptian mirror, one could even say the preferred one, is the solar.
ISSUE: I'm not sure I've got it just right, I wasn't able to find any confirmation online. Perhaps this "can" is "might" here?
Thanks in advance!
DOC: 1907 Museum catalog of ancient Egyptian mirrors.
CONTEXT: Miroirs solaires. - Le modèle le plus ordinaire, ***on peut même dire de prédilection***, du miroir égyptien est le solaire.
ATTEMPT: Solar mirrors. -- The most common form of the Egyptian mirror, one could even say the preferred one, is the solar.
ISSUE: I'm not sure I've got it just right, I wasn't able to find any confirmation online. Perhaps this "can" is "might" here?
Thanks in advance!
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arguably even favourite
The commonest — arguably even favourite — form...
I'd use some kind of parenthesis like this to avoid repeating 'form' (or 'shape', etc.), and try and slim it down.
'favourite' or 'preferred', whichever you prefer! Or even perhaps 'favoured'?
I'd use some kind of parenthesis like this to avoid repeating 'form' (or 'shape', etc.), and try and slim it down.
'favourite' or 'preferred', whichever you prefer! Or even perhaps 'favoured'?
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Comment: "Thanks everyone. This suits me best, but I also particularly like "perhaps even the preferred/ favored form", reads really well. "
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Dareth Pray
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perhaps even the preferred/favored form
I think you have it. I would say, "The most common form, or perhaps even the preferred/favored form, of the Egyptian mirror is the..."
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
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one might even say, the one that is preferred/looked upon as the best.
A couple of other options.
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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if not the form of predilection
I know that "might" is not a correct match in terms of tene, but I feel it works well here. Considering the context, I think also that predilection is a suitable choice.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/predilection
"The solar model is the most ordinary form of the Egyptian mirror, if not the form of predilection."
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/predilection
"The solar model is the most ordinary form of the Egyptian mirror, if not the form of predilection."
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Tony M
: Sounds clunky to me, I'm afraid, Nikki... and I'm not at all sure about 'ordinary' here?
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one could even say the model of choice
the one that is [was] the default choice when designing mirrors in Ancient Egypt
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