Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
qui est proprement le disque selon
English translation:
which is properly the disc of the sun according to
French term
qui est proprement le disque selon
DOC: 1907 Museum catalog of ancient Egyptian mirrors.
CONTEXT: Miroirs soleil -- [....] Les Égyptiens y avaient à ce point retrouvé la forme propre du disque solaire, GLYPHS, que tous les dieux solaires depuis Râ et ses dérivés jusqu'aux divinités que les théologiens solarisèrent pour les faire entrer dans le cadre de l'ennéade héliopolitaine, le portent comme coiffure ou comme principal accessoire de leur coiffure. Le bien-fondé de cette remarque échappera, est-il besoin de le faire remarquer, à ceux qui en chercheront la vérification sur les reproductions habituelles des monuments égyptiens. Là, d'une manière presque invariable, le dessinateur moderne a substitué une circonférence exécutée au compas à cette figure courbe caractérisée par l'aplatissement des pôles, ***qui est proprement le disque solaire selon*** la conception égyptienne.
ATTEMPT: The cogency of this observation, needless to say, will elude those who should look for verification in the usual depictions of Egyptian monuments, as almost invariably our modern illustrators have substituted a compass-drawn circumference for this curved figure characterized by the flattening of the poles, ***which truly/actually is the solar disk as*** the Egyptians conceived of it.
ISSUE: Is there a better or more accurate way to express this?
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Tony M
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| 3 +1 | which, actually/in specific terms, is the solar disk as... |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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Proposed translations
which is properly the disc of the sun according to
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Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
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which, actually/in specific terms, is the solar disk as...
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: "which is actually the solar disk" would probably easier to digest ;-)
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Thanks, Nikki.
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