Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Le bien-fondé de cette remarque

English translation:

The merits of this remark/assertion

Added to glossary by angela3thomas
Jul 30, 2017 23:46
6 yrs ago
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French term

Le bien-fondé de cette remarque

Non-PRO French to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters in a text on 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. Par là il faut entendre cette disposition oblongue qui n'est ni circulaire ni elliptique, mais qu'il n'est pas nécessaire d'être grand observateur, pour reconnaître comme l'aspect sous lequel se présente le soleil au-dessus de la ligne de l'horizon, soit qu'il y rentre, soit qu'il en sorte. Les Égyptiens y avaient à ce point retrouvé la forme propre du disque solaire que tous les dieux solaires depuis Râ et ses dérivés jusqu'aux divinités que les théologiens solarisèrent pour les faire entrer dans le cadre de l'ennéade héliopolitaine, le portent comme coiffure ou comme principal accessoire de leur coiffure. ***Le bien-fondé de cette remarque*** échappera, est-il besoin de le faire remarquer, à ceux qui en chercheront la vérification sur les reproductions habituelles des monuments égyptiens. Là, d'une manière presque invariable, le dessinateur moderne a substitué une circonférence exécutée au compas à cette figure courbe caractérisée par l'aplatissement des pôles, qui est proprement le disque solaire selon la conception égyptienne.
ATTEMPT: ***The cogency of this observation***, needless to say, will elude those who should look for verification in the usual depictions of Egyptian monuments.
ISSUE: Is there a better or more accurate way to express this.
Thanks in advance!
Change log

Jul 30, 2017 23:55: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "ancient art" to "in a text on ancient art"

Jul 31, 2017 06:33: Tony M changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): writeaway, mchd, Tony M

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Proposed translations

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1 hr
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The merits of this remark/assertion

Here is an option. I would turn the sentence around and say that those who are looking for verification might doubt the merits of this assertion.
Peer comment(s):

agree Yolanda Broad
2 hrs
Thanks Yolanda!
neutral philgoddard : I don't see how this is different to Barbara's answer.
4 hrs
neutral Tony M : I agree about turning the sentence round; but I'm not sure that 'merits' really works here.
5 hrs
agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : I like the choice of "merits".
7 hrs
Thanks Nikki!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you all who responded and weighed in."
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31 mins

the validity of this observation

One option.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
4 hrs
Thank you, phil.
agree Tony M : It need hardly be said that...
6 hrs
Thanks, Tony.
agree Daryo
6 hrs
Thanks, Daryo.
agree AllegroTrans
8 hrs
Thanks, AllegroTrans.
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