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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Ramification

English translation:

Ramification sculpture

Added to glossary by Conor McAuley
Oct 30, 2014 15:25
9 yrs ago
French term

Ramification

French to English Other Tourism & Travel Walking tourism, chapel feature
"Au 2e carrefour, juste après être passé devant A vos serpes, tournez à gauche, vous êtes sur l’ancienne voie romaine. Faite une pause devant Touraille.

A la patte d’oie près de la chapelle décorée d’une ***Ramification***, prenez vers la gauche.

Ensuite, dans le virage,après la facade avec les Alvéoles, face à vous, continuez tout droit pour emprunter le chemin de terre."

I've had a dig around the internet, but can find nothing for this term in English or in French.

Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
3 Ramification sculpture
3 with a 'tree' design on it

Discussion

Conor McAuley (asker) Nov 27, 2014:
@ Alison Can you post your comment as an answer to get the points please?
philgoddard Oct 30, 2014:
Well done, Alison I think you should get the points for this :-)
Conor McAuley (asker) Oct 30, 2014:
@ Phil: thanks, but my computer is getting on a bit...

Thanks to all.
Jane Phillips Oct 30, 2014:
Piece of art I agree with Alison this is a piece of art which forms part of a series around the village<p>
http://newtest.wapinature.be//Circuit-des-Plantes-Medicinale...
Alison MacG Oct 30, 2014:
Picture of sculpture There is a picture of it on page 5 of this brochure aimed at children
http://www.wapischools.be/IMG/pdf/mplantes_a5_9-12_ok.pdf

Jean-François Massart travaille la pierre et crée des oeuvres durables.
D’autres sculpteurs, comme Bob Verschueren, réalisent des oeuvres
éphémères, qui ne durent que peu de temps.
As-tu vu cette sculpture ? Jean-François Massart l’a réalisée autour d’un texte de Bob Verschueren. A quoi te fait penser cette sculpture ?
Les arbres en portent de nombreuses…
Un remède poétique ! Trop cool ! Tu veux bien m’inventer une ramification de ce genre, rien que pour moi ?
philgoddard Oct 30, 2014:
Touraille means kiln. There are mistakes in the text, so the capital T could be one of them.
Tony M Oct 30, 2014:
More info... 'A vos serpes' and 'Touraille' appear to be localities not far from Flobecq, mentioned a lot in connection with bike routes; is your document perhaps about biking? That might explain a lot...
philgoddard Oct 30, 2014:
You have Google Street View if you have the internet.
Conor McAuley (asker) Oct 30, 2014:
Hi Tony, interesting feedback, but I would rule out a typo or auto-correct because the word has a capital letter at the start. (There is also Rameau, who was a famous figure in France with this and that named after him.)
The location is Flobecq, Belgium.
If someone has Google Streetview, I suppose one could find the address of the chapel and do a workaround that way...
Tony M Oct 30, 2014:
Nothing? It certain has a meaning in botany, where the specialist term is 'ramification', or in lay language, 'branching'.

I assume it means it is in some way decorated with branches, foliage, etc. — bear in mind Rameaux; and also, I suppose, the possibility that it could conceivably be some kind of typo.

It would of course help to know where this chapel is actually located?

Do you know what "A vos serpes" is? Sounds like the name of a lieu-dit, for example?

Proposed translations

27 days
Selected

Ramification sculpture

See discussion (also reproduced here). As Tony says, it's up to you to decide between branches, branching, tree design, etc..

There is a picture of the sculpture on page 5 of this booklet aimed at children
http://www.wapischools.be/IMG/pdf/mplantes_a5_9-12_ok.pdf

Jean-François Massart travaille la pierre et crée des oeuvres durables. D’autres sculpteurs, comme Bob Verschueren, réalisent des oeuvres éphémères, qui ne durent que peu de temps.
As-tu vu cette sculpture ? Jean-François Massart l’a réalisée autour d’un texte de Bob Verschueren. A quoi te fait penser cette sculpture ?
Les arbres en portent de nombreuses…
Un remède poétique ! Trop cool ! Tu veux bien m’inventer une ramification de ce genre, rien que pour moi ?
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Alison, thanks all. "
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with a 'tree' design on it

Well, now Alison has kindly found it for you, it only remains how you choose to describe it.
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