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English translation: vividly real

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French term or phrase:	grandeur nature
English translation:	vividly real
Entered by:	LAB2005

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10:58 Nov 30, 2009

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Tech/Engineering - Media / Multimedia

French term or phrase: grandeur nature

XXX permet au grand public de vivre des experiences multimédia grandeur nature et découvrir, en présence d’équipes de démonstration, la magie de l’audio connecté en toute simplicité.

Here's the full document:

http://www.natkinpress.com/cdp/279/NATKINPRESS-CP_Avec_Windo...

Does it mean life-size - or simply live?
Many thanks in advance.

LAB2005 KudoZ activity Questions: 334 (6 open) (19 closed without grading) Answers: 91
Local time: 20:57

vividly realistic

Explanation:
another possibility

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Note added at 6 hrs (2009-11-30 17:39:07 GMT)
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or maybe "as real as life"

Selected response from:

John Detre
Canada

Grading comment

Thanks very much all of your for your help. I went for vividly real in the end, but several of the other answers would have worked.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

Full scale

Michel F. Morin

3 +2

vividly realistic

John Detre

first-hand

Emma Paulay

breathtaking

Philippa

life-size

xxxBourth

2 +1

in the flesh, so to speak

xxxmediamatrix

Summary of reference entries provided

Alison MacG

Answers

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

in the flesh, so to speak

Explanation:
Like an awful lot (most?) PR blurb, the expression 'grandeur nature' doesn't actually mean anything in particular in this source text.

And like most PR blurb, it needs rewriting in the source language, trying to get across a similar overall meaning, rather than merely translating the words.

xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 17:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 58

28 mins confidence:

life-size

Explanation:
I can only think this refers to the size of the screens, up to 56’’ (142cm). Of course when you have a screen of any size, some things can be "lifesize": anything smaller than about 30cmx30cm can be displayed "lifesize" on my computer screen, but I'd have trouble getting a lifesize view of Tower Bridge, Sebastian Chabal, or even Claudia Schiffer. And not even the large Philips screen can do that (otherwise I might get one).

xxxBourth
Local time: 21:57
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

41 mins confidence:

breathtaking

Explanation:
I agree with Mediamatrix that it's not a literal use of the term, but just PR blurb, which you could translate with "breathtaking" or any other adjective you fancy that gets across the "wow, isn't it fab!" idea (sensational, thrilling, etc. etc.)

Philippa
Local time: 21:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

first-hand

Explanation:
It means "in real conditions" which is rather clumsy here, so I suggest "to experience the multimedia functions first-hand" or something along those lines.

Reference: http://technology.findlaw.com/resources/scripts/printer_frie...

Emma Paulay
France
Local time: 21:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Full scale

Explanation:
Cf. Web.Ref.

Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/full-scale

Michel F. Morin
France
Local time: 21:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 7

53 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

vividly realistic

John Detre
Canada
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7

Grading comment

Thanks very much all of your for your help. I went for vividly real in the end, but several of the other answers would have worked.

Reference comments

46 mins peer agreement (net): +2

Reference: Example from similar marketing material

Reference information:
Ultimate multimedia experience
http://www.sony.co.uk/product/vn-aw-series

Une expérience multimédia grandeur nature
http://www.sony.fr/product/vn-aw-series

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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