Jun 1, 2010 13:18
14 yrs ago
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French term

mémoire olfactive

Non-PRO French to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Sculpture
Still with the charlatan peddlers from Africa: "Tribu implacable et odorante dont les habits sont colorés de poudres de terre et de verre. Les fragrances viennent ajouter le souvenir à cette horde barbare, cette ***mémoire olfactive*** que XXX (le sculpteur) traque sans relâche et qu’il cherche à matérialiser dans une alchimie légère et pénétrante où se mêlent les objets et les émotions dans d’abracadabrantes architectures et de savantes constructions.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 olfactory memory
4 +1 olfactory memory
4 +1 olfactory memory
Change log

Jun 1, 2010 13:18: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Jun 1, 2010 15:40: SJLD changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Chris Hall, SJLD

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Discussion

kashew (asker) Jun 2, 2010:
@ Helen Pressure of work : At least I gave a full-enough context!
Helen Shiner Jun 1, 2010:
Hi kashew Perhaps worth saying another time that you're looking for something other than the obvious? I'm with Martin on this one.
kashew (asker) Jun 1, 2010:
@ Martin, Thanks: I got round it in a very similar way.
Martin Cassell Jun 1, 2010:
or rework ... hard to disagree with "olfactory memory" but as Anna observes it can have a rather medico-technical feel: since 'souvenir' is already there in the preceding phrase, perhaps you could come at this phrase from a different angle, perhaps along the lines of "... add another element to this barbarian horde, namely memory, the evocative power of scent(s)/aroma(s)/smells ..." ?

Proposed translations

+7
6 mins
Selected

olfactory memory

Why not?
Note from asker:
Thanks all, that's what I expected.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Primus inter pares!
2 mins
agree Evans (X) : can't really be anything else...
5 mins
agree Alison Sabedoria (X)
13 mins
agree Carol Gullidge
14 mins
agree mimi 254
1 hr
agree Chris Hall
2 hrs
agree Verginia Ophof
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
7 mins

olfactory memory

Peer comment(s):

agree Chris Hall
2 hrs
Something went wrong...
+1
8 mins

olfactory memory

olfactory memory - relating to smell, c.f visual/auditory memory; may seem a bit medical but is a legitimate term
Peer comment(s):

agree Chris Hall
2 hrs
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