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sérigraphie

English translation: (decorative printed) motifs

07:43 Aug 9, 2001
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
French term or phrase: sérigraphie
La conception du kiosque permet de s'adapter à diverses architectures. Les parements, couronnements, toitures, sérigraphies sont adaptables et interchangeables.
Sarah Downing
Local time: 08:37
English translation:(decorative printed) motifs
Explanation:
Sérigraphie=Serigraphy is silk screen printing:

Here it must refer to sign lettering and/or to decorative motifs printed onto the structure: as it is general, I'd go for the "motifs", with or without either of "decorative" or "printed"
Selected response from:

Sean Lyle
Local time: 14:37
Grading comment
Thanks for your common-sense answer. I was aware that the word could mean silk-screening, but knew that that didn't fit the context.
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Summary of answers provided
na(decorative printed) motifs
Sean Lyle
naserigraphy
Fuad Yahya
naIt's silk screening when referring to art, but serigraphy
Parrot


  

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16 mins
(decorative printed) motifs


Explanation:
Sérigraphie=Serigraphy is silk screen printing:

Here it must refer to sign lettering and/or to decorative motifs printed onto the structure: as it is general, I'd go for the "motifs", with or without either of "decorative" or "printed"

Sean Lyle
Local time: 14:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 34
Grading comment
Thanks for your common-sense answer. I was aware that the word could mean silk-screening, but knew that that didn't fit the context.
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1 hr
serigraphy


Explanation:
Take a look at this explanation of this art term:

http://www.steamertrunkmerchants.com/serigraphy.htm

"SERIGRAPHY perhaps had its roots in early Dutch poster stencils from the De Stijl movement. Then the silk screening process emerged and received wide acceptance for fine prints in the forties and fifties. In such a method, each color is forced through a fine screen onto the paper. The serigraph is a more modern, mechanized version of silk screening, allowing larger and faster runs of excellent color quality and sharpness of image for poster and art prints."

Fuad


    Reference: http://www.steamertrunkmerchants.com/serigraphy.htm
Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 167
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3 hrs
It's silk screening when referring to art, but serigraphy


Explanation:
on catalogues and industrial labels.

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 14:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1861
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