Mar 8, 2008 16:56
16 yrs ago
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French term
France
Chemist and Environmental Engineer
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: French to English, English to French, French, and 1 more.
Petit traité de parfumerie
French to English
Science
Cosmetics, Beauty
Perfume
This is the title of a short scientific article on perfume. After a general introduction, it goes into the chemistry of the various components in a perfume.
Unfortunately, it's the title I am struggling with :-).
Thanks for your suggestions!
Nath
Unfortunately, it's the title I am struggling with :-).
Thanks for your suggestions!
Nath
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Mar 8, 2008 16:57: lorette changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"
Proposed translations
2 hrs
Selected
The Little Book of Perfume
This seems a more commercial name for a reference book about fragrances. It also translates the mild irony of the French title; after all, can you have a LITTLE book about such a vast subject?
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "A big thank you to everyone! I really hesitated between using little book or short treatise, but this seems to fit better with the whole article. "
+3
2 mins
A little treatise on perfume-making
Really just to throw in this very literal translation for 'traité' — but it seems to me that by adding 'petit', the author was being slightly tongue-in-cheek in the first place.
Peer comment(s):
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Marta Scott
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Thanks, MF!
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: Buit not tongue-in-cheek, you know the French put 'petit' in front of everything
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Thanks, Daniel!
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Gacela20
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Thanks, Gacela!
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14 mins
Claire Chapman
Native in English
All things textile
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, English
Related KudoZ points
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12
Small [or little] treatise of perfumery
A complete practical treatise of Perfumery
A handbook of perfumes, cosmetics and other toilet articles
http://www.biblioparfum.net/index.php?idauteur=243
The Story of Perfumery
a Little Treatise of Fundamental Floral Fact
http://www.californiaperfumecompany.net/cpc_products/cpc_pro...
A Practical Treatise On The Manufacture Of Perfumery: Comprising Directions For Making All Kinds Of Perfumes, Sachet Powders, Etc. (1892)
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/601-8584353-0557767?asi...|A_Practical_Treatise_On_The_Manufacture_Of_Perfumery:_Comprising_Directions_For_Making_All_Kinds_Of_Perfumes,_Sachet_Powders,_Etc._(1892)_:_Books&ref=tgt_adv_XSNG1060
A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues: The Uses of Philosophy in Everyday Life
http://product.half.ebay.com/_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ504009
A handbook of perfumes, cosmetics and other toilet articles
http://www.biblioparfum.net/index.php?idauteur=243
The Story of Perfumery
a Little Treatise of Fundamental Floral Fact
http://www.californiaperfumecompany.net/cpc_products/cpc_pro...
A Practical Treatise On The Manufacture Of Perfumery: Comprising Directions For Making All Kinds Of Perfumes, Sachet Powders, Etc. (1892)
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/601-8584353-0557767?asi...|A_Practical_Treatise_On_The_Manufacture_Of_Perfumery:_Comprising_Directions_For_Making_All_Kinds_Of_Perfumes,_Sachet_Powders,_Etc._(1892)_:_Books&ref=tgt_adv_XSNG1060
A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues: The Uses of Philosophy in Everyday Life
http://product.half.ebay.com/_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ504009
37 mins
Aude Sylvain
France
France
Native in French
France
Also a senior lawyer - 12 years in IP
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French
Related KudoZ points
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7
The little abstract of perfumery
or "The Little book of perfumery", so as to maintain the emphatic/humoristic aspect of the original title;
Both ideas sound strange as a short article title, but the original version is strange indeed...
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Note added at 48 mins (2008-03-08 17:45:16 GMT)
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It is also of interest to notice that "Petit traité de xxx" seems to be quite a fashionable title for French writers' books at the moment, I assume the article's title refers to that...
see
http://www3.fnac.com/search/quick.do?text=petit trait�&categor...
http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_ss_b?__mk_fr_FR=�M�Z��&url=search...
Both ideas sound strange as a short article title, but the original version is strange indeed...
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Note added at 48 mins (2008-03-08 17:45:16 GMT)
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It is also of interest to notice that "Petit traité de xxx" seems to be quite a fashionable title for French writers' books at the moment, I assume the article's title refers to that...
see
http://www3.fnac.com/search/quick.do?text=petit trait�&categor...
http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=nb_ss_b?__mk_fr_FR=�M�Z��&url=search...
3 hrs
A Brief Treatise on Perfumes
A suggestion.
12 hrs
A Short Treatise on Perfumery
If it's a scientific article, the use of 'petit traité' might correspond to the traditional genre of scholarly publications of "short" or "shorter" treatises - which I think just meant a brief or briefer version or overview of a complicated theory for the benefit of a more general public - rather than 'petit' having any diminutive sense of 'little' or 'small' (though it's still a sort of 'wink').
Eg. Andre Comte-Sponville's "Petit Traité des Grandes Vertus" is published in English as "A Short Treatise On Great Virtues"
Cf. also Canadian review of Diane Labrosse's Petit traité de sagesse pratique
"In English, Petit traité de sagesse pratique, translates to “a short treatise on practical wisdom”..."
http://www.actuellecd.com/fr/cat/am_074/critiques/
Eg. Andre Comte-Sponville's "Petit Traité des Grandes Vertus" is published in English as "A Short Treatise On Great Virtues"
Cf. also Canadian review of Diane Labrosse's Petit traité de sagesse pratique
"In English, Petit traité de sagesse pratique, translates to “a short treatise on practical wisdom”..."
http://www.actuellecd.com/fr/cat/am_074/critiques/
Discussion
Anyway, thanks to all for your ideas, I'll give it some thought!
Tha