mener un travail mémoriel

English translation: His work delves expertly into the past

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French term or phrase:mener un travail mémoriel
English translation:His work delves expertly into the past
Entered by: Philippa Smith

13:23 Jun 22, 2020
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
French term or phrase: mener un travail mémoriel
Il mène un travail mémoriel de qualité, avec en particulier [list of books authored]

The context is a piece about a writer who has written fiction for adults and children as well as a travel guide. This appears in a mini bio about him.
Vivien Green
United Kingdom
His work delves expertly into the past
Explanation:
Or:
"His work skilfully keeps the past alive"
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Philippa Smith
Local time: 06:25
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3His work delves expertly into the past
Philippa Smith
3he carries out a high-quality kind of memory work
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3/his/ is a work-in-progress of remembrance
Adrian MM.
3to be engaged in an act of memory
Richard George Elliott
3To research the past
ormiston


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
he carries out a high-quality kind of memory work


Explanation:
According to Wikipedia, "Memory work is a process of engaging with the past which has both an ethical and historical dimension.'

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 01:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
/his/ is a work-in-progress of remembrance


Explanation:
If this is a US American author of Canadian French descent, then some of us will have a pretty shrewd idea of the writer in point.


    Reference: http://books.google.at/books?id=f799DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA259&lpg=PA...
    Reference: http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00373392
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to be engaged in an act of memory


Explanation:
Just a suggestion that may work, depending on the information unavailable to us..

Richard George Elliott
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
His work delves expertly into the past


Explanation:
Or:
"His work skilfully keeps the past alive"


Philippa Smith
Local time: 06:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ben Gaia
9 hrs
  -> Thanks Ben!

agree  Victoria Britten
22 hrs
  -> Thanks Victoria!

agree  Elodie Marias
9 days
  -> Thanks Elodie!
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
To research the past


Explanation:
This may be what is meant, out simply

ormiston
Local time: 06:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
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