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considérable traité

English translation: sizeable treatise

22:22 Dec 18, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: considérable traité
Sentence is

...auteur, au XVIIe siècle, d’un considérable traité sur...

I've just had a doubt. Does "considérable" mean "sizable" or "highly considered"

Thanks
Andreas THEODOROU
Spain
Local time: 20:08
English translation:sizeable treatise
Explanation:
is what I understand, at least, but maybe you could fudge the issue with "a treatise of some consequence"!
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Bourth (X)
Local time: 20:08
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thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6sizeable treatise
Bourth (X)
4an in-depth study
Louis Cyril P
4sizeable essay
Spiridon


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
sizeable treatise


Explanation:
is what I understand, at least, but maybe you could fudge the issue with "a treatise of some consequence"!

Bourth (X)
Local time: 20:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 204
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans
14 mins
agree  Jennifer Levey: All in all by and large all things considered and notwithstanding eventual counterpropositions of substantial substance (gasp) I'd venture to suggest that 'some consequence' might, indeed, most appropriately fit the bill.
27 mins
  -> Are you my alter ego?
agree  emiledgar: of some consequence
35 mins
agree  Marco Solinas: Or "of some heft"; equally equivocal
37 mins
  -> Particularly in relation to a German treatise, or a treatise on German: "Zat Buch iss of some Heft".
agree  Evans (X): or 'hefty treatise' sounds more natural
14 hrs
agree  Verginia Ophof
19 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
an in-depth study


Explanation:
IMHO

Louis Cyril P
Local time: 22:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sizeable essay


Explanation:
Essay could be used depending on the size of the `traité`

Spiridon
Brazil
Local time: 15:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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