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passera par ses ateliers

English translation: apprenticed in his workshops

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20:31 Mar 17, 2005

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Other / Swiss watch-making

French term or phrase: passera par ses ateliers

I don't understand the sense of this in the sentence. I originally thought it meant he handed all his workshops down to his grandson, but looking at the punctuation, it seems as if it must mean something else:

Malgré son jeune âge, sa réputation est solidement ancrée et son avis d’expert très sollicité. Il est aussi un des maître-horloger les plus fréquentés de son époque. Abraham-Louis Breguet **********passera par ses ateliers, tout comme son propre petit-fils, Louis-Frédéric Perrelet***************, qui allait devenir horloger des rois de France. Il répond à toutes les questions que lui posent ses collègues confrontés à toutes sortes de difficultés, il voit d’un seul coup d’œil tous les défauts qui entravent les réalisations de ses concurrents.

TIA!

Sarah

Sarah Downing KudoZ activity Questions: 623 (none open) Answers: 215
Local time: 08:03

English translation:apprenticed in his workshops

Explanation:
typically, one would say apprenticed..or was trained..but apprenticed is better for watchmaking..:)

future used a past

Selected response from:

Jane Lamb-Ruiz

Grading comment

Thank you very much Jane. I agree with you on apprenticed. Thanks also to all other answerers.
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Summary of answers provided

5 +1

Watch out, "il" is the famous watchmaker Abraham-Louis Perrelet

David Vaughn

5 +1

apprenticed in his workshops

Jane Lamb-Ruiz

4 +1

it means that the people means studied and/or worked under him in his ateliers, that's where

writeaway

was trained at his workshop

Genevieve Altun

will visit / come to his workshop

Estelle Demontrond-Box

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

4 mins confidence:

will visit / come to his workshop

Explanation:
his grandson = Abraham's grandson

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-03-17 20:37:06 GMT)
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workshopS : sorry

Estelle Demontrond-Box
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

it means that the people means studied and/or worked under him in his ateliers, that's where

Explanation:
they learned the trade. From the master watchmaker.

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Note added at 8 mins (2005-03-17 20:40:49 GMT)
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forget the second means. too late is too late. duh.

writeaway
Local time: 08:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 59

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

apprenticed in his workshops

Explanation:
typically, one would say apprenticed..or was trained..but apprenticed is better for watchmaking..:)

future used a past

Jane Lamb-Ruiz
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 121

Grading comment

Thank you very much Jane. I agree with you on apprenticed. Thanks also to all other answerers.

30 mins confidence:

was trained at his workshop

Explanation:
la formation par laquelle il est passé : "the training that he had"

.... as well as his own grand-son... who was to become...

Genevieve Altun
Local time: 08:03
Native speaker of:

French

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Watch out, "il" is the famous watchmaker Abraham-Louis Perrelet

Explanation:
All the answers are OK. You've got 2 different Abraham-Louis, & 2 different Perrelets, but 3 people!

David Vaughn
Local time: 08:03
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 63

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