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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

appelle à l'accueil

English translation:

make a welcoming gesture

Added to glossary by Didier Briel
Sep 29, 2004 08:20
20 yrs ago
French term

... appel a[gr] l'accueil.

French to English Art/Literary Architecture
L'architecture cherche a[gr] se libe[ac]rer de la pesanteur et appel a[gr] l'accueil.
Proposed translations (English)
4 evokes / induces

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com (asker) Sep 29, 2004:
Getting there Thanks for your input CMJ -- I still don't quite get the meaning of this phrase. Am I not seeing the wood for the trees?
CMJ_Trans (X) Sep 29, 2004:
It could make sense if it were "et appelle � l'accueil" - as a verb form. Could that not be it?
Non-ProZ.com (asker) Sep 29, 2004:
l'appel? Indeed, or should it be "l'appel"? The article won't be published in French, so probably unedited. The phrase still makes little sense to me!
CMJ_Trans (X) Sep 29, 2004:
appel OR appelle

Proposed translations

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evokes / induces

The sentence is correct, apart from the mispelling on "appel" (should be indeed "appelle à l'accueil".
"appeler à" means "évoquer" ou "inciter à penser à".
Architecture tries to free itself from gravity and to evokes welcome/home feeling, etc.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot for the explanation -- Collins Robert doesn't really cover this meaning. My eventual solution: "The architecture tries to break free of gravity and make a welcoming gesture.""
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