French: ... appel a[gr] l'accueil.English translation: make a welcoming gesture 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | appelle à l'accueil | | English translation: | make a welcoming gesture | | Entered by: | Didier Briel |
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Art/Literary - Architecture | | French term or phrase: ... appel a[gr] l'accueil. | | L'architecture cherche a[gr] se libe[ac]rer de la pesanteur et appel a[gr] l'accueil. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responsexxxCMJ_Trans: 8:26am Sep 29, 2004: appel OR appelle -
Non-ProZ.com (asker): 8:37am Sep 29, 2004: l'appel? - Indeed, or should it be "l'appel"? The article won't be published in French, so probably unedited. The phrase still makes little sense to me!
xxxCMJ_Trans: 10:58am Sep 29, 2004: It could make sense if it were "et appelle à l'accueil" - as a verb form. Could that not be it? -
Non-ProZ.com (asker): 11:38am Sep 29, 2004: Getting there - Thanks for your input CMJ -- I still don't quite get the meaning of this phrase. Am I not seeing the wood for the trees?
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| | evokes / induces | Explanation:
The sentence is correct, apart from the mispelling on "appel" (should be indeed "appelle à l'accueil".
"appeler à" means "évoquer" ou "inciter à penser à".
Architecture tries to free itself from gravity and to evokes welcome/home feeling, etc. |
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Didier Briel
France
| Note from asker to answererThanks a lot for the explanation -- Collins Robert doesn't really cover this meaning. My eventual solution:
"The architecture tries to break free of gravity and make a welcoming gesture."
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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| evokes / induces
Explanation:
The sentence is correct, apart from the mispelling on "appel" (should be indeed "appelle à l'accueil".
"appeler à" means "évoquer" ou "inciter à penser à".
Architecture tries to free itself from gravity and to evokes welcome/home feeling, etc.
| Didier Briel
France
Native speaker of:  French
PRO pts in category: 4
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| Note from asker to answererThanks a lot for the explanation -- Collins Robert doesn't really cover this meaning. My eventual solution:
"The architecture tries to break free of gravity and make a welcoming gesture." |
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