Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

champ d'experimentation

English translation:

he is a field of experimentation in his own right / unto himself

Added to glossary by Helen Shiner
Oct 15, 2008 10:45
15 yrs ago
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French term

champ d'experimentation

French to English Tech/Engineering Other
An article about one of the people involved in building the Viaduc de Millau.

"[il] est un champ d'expérimentation à lui tout seul."

He is further described as: [Il] cultive les calculs jusqu'à l'indigestion, tête chercheuse et nez rivé sur l'ordinateur. Amoreux des technologies de construction.

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Change log

Oct 20, 2008 08:29: Helen Shiner changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/46411">Wendy Cummings's</a> old entry - "champ d'experimentation"" to ""he is a field of experimentation unto himself""

Proposed translations

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he is a field of experimentation in his own right

Would that do?

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Note added at 4 days (2008-10-20 08:30:09 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks for the points, Wendy
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Points to Helen because i have used her translation of the question phrase, but thanks to aparnaa, since I am also using the "unto himself" bit, even though this wasn't strictly part of the question!"
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expert experimenter

expert experimenter
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19 hrs
French term (edited): champ d\'experimentation

he is an experiment unto himself

Here, it is best that the whole phrase "[il] est un champ d'expérimentation à lui tout seul." is read together for better translation. For which I have suggested, "he is an experiment field unto himself'" or "'he is an experiment field himself''
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