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welcome figure pole

French translation: poteau totem (de bienvenue) ou simplement totem


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16:00 Jul 21, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: welcome figure pole
There is also the potential of a major art work, either a welcome figure pole or a sculpture in contemporary materials of Coast Salish imagery using the public art process as a legacy of all the First Nations’ ancestors.
yann
Canada
Local time: 16:27
French translation:poteau totem (de bienvenue) ou simplement totem
Explanation:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem_(Indiens_d'Am%C3%A9rique)

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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem_(Indiens_d'Am%C3%A9rique)

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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem_(Indiens_d'Am%C3%A9rique)

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http://www.google.fr/search?q=poteau totem image&hl=fr&biw=1...

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http://stanleychunt.com/index.php?p=1_2_Totem-Poles
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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 22:27
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3poteau totem (de bienvenue) ou simplement totem
GILLES MEUNIER
4une sculture pour accueillir les visiteursbawden


  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
poteau totem (de bienvenue) ou simplement totem


Explanation:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem_(Indiens_d'Am%C3%A9rique)

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Note added at 26 mins (2011-07-21 16:26:57 GMT)
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem_(Indiens_d'Am%C3%A9rique)

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Note added at 27 mins (2011-07-21 16:27:35 GMT)
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem_(Indiens_d'Am%C3%A9rique)

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Note added at 27 mins (2011-07-21 16:28:09 GMT)
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http://www.google.fr/search?q=poteau totem image&hl=fr&biw=1...

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Note added at 28 mins (2011-07-21 16:28:36 GMT)
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http://stanleychunt.com/index.php?p=1_2_Totem-Poles

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 113
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alain Boulé
2 mins

agree  Delphine Dorritt: oui, bonne idée. Je préfère "totem" tout seul à "poteau totem"
1 hr
  -> oui, c'est redondant

agree  piazza d
6 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
une sculture pour accueillir les visiteurs


Explanation:
figure is a person

bawden
Local time: 22:27
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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