Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
médiation
English translation:
gallery session
Added to glossary by
Miranda Joubioux (X)
Nov 6, 2009 16:16
15 yrs ago
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French term
Miranda Joubioux (X)
médiation
French to English
Other
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
This is in a brochure for tourists.
I don't know how to translate médiation in this sentence
Le musée développe une programmation dynamique d’expositions temporaires, médiations et visites, activités pédagogiques et culturelles.
I found a question on 'médiation' on KudoZ but, in this instance, cultural activities are already mentioned.
I was thinking of 'promotional activities', but felt that a brainstorm would be a good idea.
I don't know how to translate médiation in this sentence
Le musée développe une programmation dynamique d’expositions temporaires, médiations et visites, activités pédagogiques et culturelles.
I found a question on 'médiation' on KudoZ but, in this instance, cultural activities are already mentioned.
I was thinking of 'promotional activities', but felt that a brainstorm would be a good idea.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | gallery session |
Carol Gullidge
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| 4 +1 | interpretation |
Evans (X)
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| 4 | shows |
FrenchPhD
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| 4 | reflections/lectures |
emiledgar
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| 4 | talk |
philgoddard
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| 3 | guided activities |
MatthewLaSon
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| 3 | guided tour |
Stephanie Ezrol
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| 3 | encounter |
Emma Paulay
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Proposed translations
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19 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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28
Selected
gallery session
Found this re the Tate Modern. It seems to mean educational visits on various topics - aspects of understanding/interpreting art -, and I think it fits your context, as well as being instantly "understandable". I also think you need something "countable"
Free Bookable Gallery Sessions (KS1 - KS5)
Gallery sessions at Tate Modern develop students skills and confidence in looking at art and developing meanings. These session complement Examination courses, aspects of the Art and Design National Curriculum and can also be used for developing visual literacy.
Introductions — Students gain skills by looking at and discussing modern and contemporary art and are introduced to key ideas relating to the selected themes. Some themes include abstraction, conflict, citzenship, globalisation, etc as well as sculpture and Installation within the gallery.
Collection Display Workshops – These workshops can support classroom topics or can be a way of building students' subject knowledge. Themes for these workshops include Material Gestures, Poetry and Dream, Idea and Object and States of Flux.
Working with Sketchbooks — This aims to refresh students' approach to working with sketchbooks.
Art and Language — The workshops explore how verbal and written responses to art can be expanded to aid the process of interpretation, and supports work on art and literacy.
Art and Contemporary Citizens - Students consider the local, national and global communities they inhabit and their role within them. It will encourage them to develop cultural, social, political and gender awareness as well as exploring how art can act as an agent of change
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Note added at 22 mins (2009-11-06 16:38:57 GMT)
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I think "Gallery workshops" would also work well here
Tate Papers - Jolt, Catalyst, Spark! Encounters with Artworks in ...
In a gallery workshop, the learner is invited to step inside the framework of ..... Contemporary Art and the Role of Interpretation: Reflections on Tate ...
www.tate.org.uk/research/tateresearch/tatepapers/.../fuirer... - Cached
Free Bookable Gallery Sessions (KS1 - KS5)
Gallery sessions at Tate Modern develop students skills and confidence in looking at art and developing meanings. These session complement Examination courses, aspects of the Art and Design National Curriculum and can also be used for developing visual literacy.
Introductions — Students gain skills by looking at and discussing modern and contemporary art and are introduced to key ideas relating to the selected themes. Some themes include abstraction, conflict, citzenship, globalisation, etc as well as sculpture and Installation within the gallery.
Collection Display Workshops – These workshops can support classroom topics or can be a way of building students' subject knowledge. Themes for these workshops include Material Gestures, Poetry and Dream, Idea and Object and States of Flux.
Working with Sketchbooks — This aims to refresh students' approach to working with sketchbooks.
Art and Language — The workshops explore how verbal and written responses to art can be expanded to aid the process of interpretation, and supports work on art and literacy.
Art and Contemporary Citizens - Students consider the local, national and global communities they inhabit and their role within them. It will encourage them to develop cultural, social, political and gender awareness as well as exploring how art can act as an agent of change
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Note added at 22 mins (2009-11-06 16:38:57 GMT)
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I think "Gallery workshops" would also work well here
Tate Papers - Jolt, Catalyst, Spark! Encounters with Artworks in ...
In a gallery workshop, the learner is invited to step inside the framework of ..... Contemporary Art and the Role of Interpretation: Reflections on Tate ...
www.tate.org.uk/research/tateresearch/tatepapers/.../fuirer... - Cached
Peer comment(s):
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Chris Hall
: I agree with "gallery workshops".
20 mins
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many thanks Chris - I prefer workshops, too!
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| agree |
Helen Shiner
: I know this as gallery sessions as the Tate has it - workshops has the sense of making things rather than interpreting them, so I would avoid that, FWIW.
40 mins
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many thanks Helen! I thought workshops might be the more universally meaningful (FWIW!) and they can cover all sorts of different areas, eg, "language workshops"
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| agree |
tradu-grace
: I agree and share Helen remark about workshops
12 hrs
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many thanks tradugrace!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks to all!"
+1
3 mins
interpretation
this is difficult because the word might be misunderstood to mean language interpeting in English, but I know that many museums now employ "cultural interpeters" for this purpose, and this seems to be the word used. At the Louvre they have médiateurs which they refer to as interpreters.
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Note added at 4 mins (2009-11-06 16:20:42 GMT)
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I mean "interpreters" of course
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Note added at 7 mins (2009-11-06 16:24:10 GMT)
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see How Museums Work - Interpretation
http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_856.html
and the many references to jobs in museum interpretation on the web.
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Note added at 4 mins (2009-11-06 16:20:42 GMT)
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I mean "interpreters" of course
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Note added at 7 mins (2009-11-06 16:24:10 GMT)
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see How Museums Work - Interpretation
http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_856.html
and the many references to jobs in museum interpretation on the web.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Chris Hall
: I would say "interpretations".
14 mins
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yes, in this case the plural would work
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| neutral |
Helen Shiner
: I agree that this is often the job of museum staff/art historians, but I doubt it would be advertised to the public as such. Much prefer gallery sessions even if interpreting is what then goes on.
57 mins
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10 mins
shows
I don't think it's about interpreters.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Chris Hall
: You have misunderstood what Gilla is trying to say here.
9 mins
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23 mins
French term (edited):
médiations
guided activities
Hello,
I believe that may be meaning this.
I hope this helps.
I believe that may be meaning this.
I hope this helps.
26 mins
reflections/lectures
I think these are sort of relaxed "conférences" where a subject is discussed using the museum's resources.
59 mins
philgoddard
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
61
talk
This is one possibility - less formal than lecture, which makes me think of people sitting in a lecture theater.
28 mins
Stephanie Ezrol
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
French to English, English to English
Native in: English
Works in: English, French to English, French Middle (ca.1400-1600) to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
French term (edited):
médiation (et visites)
guided tour
I think the relevant term may be "médiations et visites," which I hope in some school and museum websites.
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-06 17:53:02 GMT)
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I mean to write "which I saw" not "which I hope."
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-06 17:53:02 GMT)
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I mean to write "which I saw" not "which I hope."
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Carol Gullidge
: surely médiations and visites are 2 separate terms -- although they may be related?
17 mins
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| neutral |
Chris Hall
: Yes, they are two completely separate terms as stated by Carol.
41 mins
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2 days 22 hrs
encounter
A tentative suggestion based on the term used in the ref below.
Discussion
http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/accueil/accueilpdf/Chartemus.pdf