Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
mener un travail mémoriel
English translation:
His work delves expertly into the past
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Philippa Smith
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French term
mener un travail mémoriel
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Il mène un travail mémoriel de qualité, avec en particulier [list of books authored]
The context is a piece about a writer who has written fiction for adults and children as well as a travel guide. This appears in a mini bio about him.
The context is a piece about a writer who has written fiction for adults and children as well as a travel guide. This appears in a mini bio about him.
Proposed translations
(English)
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Jul 6, 2020 05:28: Philippa Smith Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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1 day 1 hr
Selected
His work delves expertly into the past
Or:
"His work skilfully keeps the past alive"
"His work skilfully keeps the past alive"
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Ben Gaia
9 hrs
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Thanks Ben!
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agree |
Victoria Britten
22 hrs
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Thanks Victoria!
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agree |
Elodie Marias
9 days
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Thanks Elodie!
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1 hr
he carries out a high-quality kind of memory work
According to Wikipedia, "Memory work is a process of engaging with the past which has both an ethical and historical dimension.'
5 hrs
/his/ is a work-in-progress of remembrance
If this is a US American author of Canadian French descent, then some of us will have a pretty shrewd idea of the writer in point.
Reference:
1 day 1 hr
to be engaged in an act of memory
Just a suggestion that may work, depending on the information unavailable to us..
1 day 3 hrs
To research the past
This may be what is meant, out simply
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