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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

trois bout de veines

English translation:

with just a few brush strokes, I created the veins of marble, a precious material.

Added to glossary by Clare Hogg
May 31, 2012 19:46
11 yrs ago
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French term

trois bout de veines

French to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Article about the work of an artist-designer who has "created marble" for a fashion collection (XXXX). Here's the only context I have:

Spécialiste du trompe-l'oeil, il a réalisé les imprimés "marbre" de la collection XXXX.

Le marbre est un matière précieuse, moi j'en crée en peignant trois bout de veines. Tu deviens magicien." Pour XXXX, il a conçu un marbre souple, suite logique de ses recherches sur les transformations de la matière.

Thanks for your ideas.

Clare
Proposed translations (English)
4 with just a few brush strokes, I created the veins of marble, a precious material.
2 +2 three streaks of vein
4 -1 Three grains / grained lines

Discussion

David Vaughn May 31, 2012:
grain & Vein I believe grain refers to texure, whereas veins are the streaks of color. There is grain everywhere. Oxford: "roughness in texture of wood, stone, etc.; the arrangement and size of constituent particles "
SJLD May 31, 2012:
@Clare This is marketing copy; make it sound interesting. You can't translate "trois bouts de..." literally (three bits of... now really). It means "with just a few brush strokes, I created the veins of marble, a precious material." Or something similar...
A bit of imagination, you know?
SJLD May 31, 2012:
a feather is not essential but often used
Kelly Harrison May 31, 2012:
Oh It seemed so logical to me! With a feather then?
SJLD May 31, 2012:
and marble has veins, even when it's faux marbre/marble

Faux-Marble-Veins
www.paintinganddecoratingconcourse.com/.../Fau... - Traduire cette page
The hardest part of marbling is veining. Veining will make or break the marble. If it looks good (and it is over a good background) it will "sell" the marble - making
SJLD May 31, 2012:
Creating a marble effect doesn't involve rolling marbles around LOL
JaneD May 31, 2012:
actually it's really effective if you put the paint on with a feather!
Kelly Harrison May 31, 2012:
I think so too He paints three streaks of veins and then... rolls a marble around so they bleed into each other I imagine, to create a marbled effect.
JaneD May 31, 2012:
typo? trois bouts de veines... three (scraps?) of veins - ie he has produced marble by merely painting three different types of vein. This is just a guess, but I know myself that the technique works if you get the colours of the background and veins right!

Proposed translations

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with just a few brush strokes, I created the veins of marble, a precious material.

best not to go literal in this sort of text
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This is the translation I used as more poetic and natural. The change of word order works really well too. Thanks to everyone for their help and ideas!!"
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three streaks of vein

I'm not sure of the painting terminology but this seems to be the idea.

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Note added at 22 mins (2012-05-31 20:08:14 GMT)
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or dashes maybe... ?
Peer comment(s):
agree emiledgar : how about just "bits"
9 hrs
agree Cyril B.
1 day 11 hrs
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26 mins

Three grains / grained lines

"Veine" ought to be translated as "grain" in this context. The streaky lines in marble are commonly called grains, or a grained effect.

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/veine

http://www.xmdragon.com/wood_grain_marble/

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"Marble GRAIN LINES pattern. Free marble pattern background for use as textures, artwork, photoshop projects and website backgrounds."
http://www.background-texture.com/marble-backgroundtextures/...

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Note added at 29 mins (2012-05-31 20:15:58 GMT)
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Correction:

"grained lines" should read as "grain lines" (without "ed")

"Streaks of paint applied with a feather for miniature faux MARBLE GRAIN LINES are blended out with a soft damp brush, then broken up by dabbing with a paper towel or cotton bud."
http://miniatures.about.com/od/paintedfinishes/ss/Paint-Tech...

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Please find links using the term "marble grain". Although other terms are used for this effect in marble, it is commonly known within interiors and stone masons, that "grain" can describe the lines running through marble.

http://www.globalsources.com/manufacturers/Marble-Grain.html
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=marble grain&hl=en&prmd=im...


"Marmorino Portland has a larger grain than Limestone giving a more pattern and effect.
Portland has the inclusion of dark brown and red marble grains."
http://www.polishedplastercompany.co.uk/plasters-1-w.asp

"Marbles are variable in grain size and colour (due to impurities), are often massive, but can also show banding and foliation."
http://chc.sbg.ac.at/sri/thesaurus/node.php?id=49

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"Marble has a GRAIN that runs through it, consisting of fluid lines that create a disorganized pattern in the stone. "
http://www.ehow.com/how_8197405_identify-marble.html#ixzz1wU...

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" Notice how the profiled legs and header section are intentionally shaped to display the subtle beauty of the natural GRAIN that runs through the material.."
http://www.penmancollection.com/sassari.html
Example sentence:

"Preference to the cheaper and less translucent limestone is based largely on the fineness of marble's GRAIN, ..."

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_sculpture

Peer comment(s):
disagree SJLD : as your refs show, wood is grained, marble is veined - the pic of "marble grain lines" is agate not marble - and it's marble VEIN lines in your last ref/look at the heading of the article - vein not grain - I have done these techniques myself, and you?
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As my links show MARBLE GRAIN LINES//"Marble has a GRAIN that runs through it, consisting of fluid lines that create a disorganized pattern in the stone. " http://www.ehow.com/how_8197405_identify-marble.html#ixzz1wU...
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