Sep 11, 2007 10:12
16 yrs ago
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French term
cartel
French to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Could someone please tell me what those little cards identifying works of art in a museum (Title, Artist, Year, Collection, etc.) are typically called in English?
(N.B. -- whereas I'm certain this is called a 'cartel' in French -- one of those strange cases of knowing something in the language you're proficient in, but not in your own! -- this meaning is not even given in the Petit Robert: is it really that specialised?)
Thanks in advance.
(N.B. -- whereas I'm certain this is called a 'cartel' in French -- one of those strange cases of knowing something in the language you're proficient in, but not in your own! -- this meaning is not even given in the Petit Robert: is it really that specialised?)
Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | wall label |
David Vaughn
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| 3 | identifying label |
LAB2004
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| 3 | name plate |
Alain Pommet
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| 3 | cartel |
helene_d (X)
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| 1 | name/title plaque |
Mohamed Mehenoun
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Proposed translations
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26 mins
Selected
wall label
possibility
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-09-11 15:08:11 GMT)
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If you google "wall label" & museum, you get 10,000 hits - the 1st hits are all appropriate
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-09-11 15:08:11 GMT)
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If you google "wall label" & museum, you get 10,000 hits - the 1st hits are all appropriate
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone-- this is what I ultimately used."
20 mins
identifying label
See link.
HOW TO READ A LABEL
You can learn a lot about a work of art by reading its identifying label.
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-09-11 10:36:02 GMT)
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Also information label.
..... find information labels next to each of the paintings with the title....
www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/download/asset/?asset_id...
HOW TO READ A LABEL
You can learn a lot about a work of art by reading its identifying label.
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-09-11 10:36:02 GMT)
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Also information label.
..... find information labels next to each of the paintings with the title....
www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/download/asset/?asset_id...
Reference:
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46 mins
name plate
If you wish, you can choose to have a brass name plate affixed to the center bottom of your frame at no extra charge. Each name plate will be beautifully engraved with the title of your masterpiece and the artist's name.
http://www.themuseummasters.com/
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Note added at 50 mins (2007-09-11 11:02:25 GMT)
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Sorry having read your question more thoroughly I can see you mean the little plaque on the wall but which isn't actually part of the frame.
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Note added at 52 mins (2007-09-11 11:04:44 GMT)
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I was misled by this dictionary definition :
cartel
nom masculin
(de cartel 1 )
* Cartouche, plaquette, étiquette fixés sur le cadre d'un tableau, le socle d'une statue et portant une inscription qui identifie l'œuvre.
http://www.themuseummasters.com/
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Note added at 50 mins (2007-09-11 11:02:25 GMT)
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Sorry having read your question more thoroughly I can see you mean the little plaque on the wall but which isn't actually part of the frame.
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Note added at 52 mins (2007-09-11 11:04:44 GMT)
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I was misled by this dictionary definition :
cartel
nom masculin
(de cartel 1 )
* Cartouche, plaquette, étiquette fixés sur le cadre d'un tableau, le socle d'une statue et portant une inscription qui identifie l'œuvre.
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2 hrs
Mohamed Mehenoun
Canada
Canada
Native in French
Canada
guaranteed reliability and accuracy
Native in: French 
, Arabic
Works in: English to French, Arabic to French, Spanish to French, and 6 more.
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name/title plaque
I think that's it...
Reference:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22title+plaque%22%22can+read%22%22painting%22&btnG=Search
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4 hrs
cartel
Although I've never heard of the term in an artistic meaning - in either French or English - I found it on Quebec's Grand dictionnaire terminologique, on online tool run by the Office québécois de la langue française.
I got 106 Google hits for "cartel d'exposition".
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-09-11 14:33:59 GMT)
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But I only got 5 hits for "exhibition cartel". It seems much less used in English, although apparently legit.
I got 106 Google hits for "cartel d'exposition".
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-09-11 14:33:59 GMT)
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But I only got 5 hits for "exhibition cartel". It seems much less used in English, although apparently legit.
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