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patrimoine pluriel

English translation: multifaceted heritage

10:19 Sep 8, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology
French term or phrase: patrimoine pluriel
"L’ensemble des produits et services de xxx, répond aux exigences de qualité et d’authenticité d’un patrimoine pluriel au travers d’une charte qualité."

I'm not sure how to translate "patrimoine pluriel". It's in the context of an organisation that sells reproductions of archaeological finds.
RUTH ELIZABETH BARTLETT
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:10
English translation:multifaceted heritage
Explanation:
Or indeed a rich, multifaceted heritage.
Failing that, I'd suggest a 'diverse heritage'.
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Lianne Wilson
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:10
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2diverse cultural heritage
Evans (X)
3 +2multifaceted heritage
Lianne Wilson
4pluralistic heritage
Graham macLachlan
3patchwork heritage
Emma Paulay
2 -1diversified heritage
mimi 254


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
diverse cultural heritage


Explanation:
This might work if they are referring to the archaeological basis of their reproductions. But it would not if they are referring to the items that they actually make.

Evans (X)
Local time: 11:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Crockett: This one sounds best to me --with the qualification as to what is being referred to.
2 hrs
  -> thanks Christopher
agree  B D Finch
3 hrs
  -> thanks
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
patchwork heritage


Explanation:
Presuming they are referring to national heritage and not the company's background.

Emma Paulay
France
Local time: 12:10
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: taken from this?: http://www.nakedtranslations.com/en/2009/french-translation-... /a bit one-off and not really suitable for an official/formal register, imo.
4 mins
  -> I've spent many hours studying Obama's speeches so his phrases have probably rubbed off. I don't see any problem in using it though.
neutral  Lianne Wilson: Sounds perhaps bit too 'rough and tumble'? Then again, Obama might've given it some more positive connotations.
1 hr
  -> Yes, that was definitely his intention.
neutral  B D Finch: I also find this rather negative. Implies a lack of consistency and pattern.
3 hrs
  -> It just means "made up of different elements".
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pluralistic heritage


Explanation:
I think it might be a bit more complex than just "diverse":

Pluralistic heritage
Jimmy Carter’s words capture the spirit of the festival: “We can have an America that encourages and takes pride in our ethnic diversity, our religious diversity, our cultural diversity — knowing that out of this pluralistic heritage has come the strength and the vitality and the creativity that has made us great and will keep us great.”
http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans-english/2009/May/2009051...

'pluralistic' from 'pluralism':
b. A form of society or State in which ethnic or cultural groups maintain their independent traditions, practices, and attitudes. Also, the toleration or acceptance of a diversity of opinions, values, theories, etc. M20.


a less high-brow vversion:

patchwork heritage
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and non-believers.
http://www.nakedtranslations.com/en/2009/french-translation-...


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Note added at 22 mins (2009-09-08 10:41:58 GMT)
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...d’un patrimoine pluriel // ... of our pluralistic heritage ?

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Note added at 28 mins (2009-09-08 10:47:59 GMT)
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this seems to me to be a typical use of the phrase on the French Web:

Patrimoines métissés. Contextes coloniaux et postcoloniaux
D'un patrimoine singulier à un patrimoine pluriel. Le métissage en anthropologie et en histoire.
www.pulaval.com/.../patrimoines-metisses-contextes-coloniau...

here it is used in a broader sense:

Parmi les nombreux impacts de ces évolutions (pratiques artistiques, politiques culturelles, place et rôle de l’éducation populaire…), le parti pris dans le séminaire est d’analyser comment les évolutions à l’œuvre mettent en crise les modalités même de la transmission dans le champ de la culture : comment permettre l’appropriation d’un patrimoine pluriel et sa nécessaire réinvention à chaque génération ? Comment favoriser les passerelles entre mémoires et Histoire, entre pratiques sociales, nationales, générationnelles, territoriales, gendrées… ?
http://www.injep.fr/L-interculturel-fait-son-seminaire.html


Graham macLachlan
Local time: 12:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -1
diversified heritage


Explanation:
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mimi 254
Local time: 11:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  B D Finch: Diversified is wrong for this context. Companies diversify when they move into different product areas.
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
multifaceted heritage


Explanation:
Or indeed a rich, multifaceted heritage.
Failing that, I'd suggest a 'diverse heritage'.

Example sentence(s):
  • In the west, Bangladesh's rich and multifaceted heritage has so far remained unappreciated and unrecognised.
  • South King County has a rich, multifaceted heritage developed from the industry and dedication of its early pioneers and immigrants over the past 150 years.
Lianne Wilson
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emma Paulay: I like this a lot.
29 mins
  -> Thanks, Emma!
agree  John Detre
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, John!
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