Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

tout en lui proposant une solution dans la fonction du lieu.

English translation:

while suggesting a solution [to him] as part of the place's function[ing].

Added to glossary by Helen Shiner
Apr 10, 2009 08:50
15 yrs ago
French term

tout en lui proposant une solution dans la fonction du lieu.

French to English Art/Literary Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) design, sculpture
Loin de perturber les sites, les inscriptions conversent avec, interrogent le passant, tout en lui proposant une solution dans la fonction du lieu.

About Martijn Sandberg's sculptures.
Change log

Apr 17, 2009 14:09: Helen Shiner Created KOG entry

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Non-PRO (1): writeaway

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Proposed translations

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while suggesting a solution [to him] as part of the place's function[ing].

Again, this is difficult without further context. I presume the passant is walking through a site-specific 'intervention' rather than sculpture per se. That the place has a function (pathway, park or some such) other than that created by the artist which he makes use of.

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Note added at 7 days (2009-04-17 14:10:25 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks, Sasha
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while proposing to him a solution as a function of the place

... the inscriptions... question the passerby, while proposing or presenting to him a solution as a function of the place
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