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traces indicielles

English translation: tokens, indicative markers

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French term or phrase:traces indicielles
English translation:tokens, indicative markers
Entered by: Wyley Powell

22:14 Dec 17, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
History / First Nations
French term or phrase: traces indicielles
This is a text about wampum:

"Les wampums sont des objets, d’abord symboliques, qui marquent des engagements politiques, diplomatiques et sociaux. S’ils font office de ***traces indicielles*** qui marquent les liens unissant plusieurs partis, ils trouveront rapidement une fonction de monnaie d’échange dans les colonies."

Merci d'avance.
Wyley Powell
Canada
Local time: 20:56
tokens, indicative markers
Explanation:
they are used as tokens, indicative markers of the ties which unite various parties...
I feel this gives a sense of what the sentence is trying to say - they were originally not really money, just tokens or pledges which then became used as a sort of currency.
I agree with one of the other respondent that I don't think it is intended as a technical term
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pennylyd
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:56
Grading comment
Thanks very much.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3tokens, indicative markers
pennylyd
4Early indexes
Anglofrancais
4symbols
kashew
3 -2index/matrix traces/tracing
Verginia Ophof


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
index/matrix traces/tracing


Explanation:
suggestion


    Reference: http://www.traceinternational.org/trace-matrix/
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 18:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Anglofrancais: I disagree that this link is helpful. The source text is talking about early forms of money in colonial times. Certainly, if Wyley can confirm that the text was written before 2014, the reference isn't to TRACE International's index
7 hrs
disagree  B D Finch: This is about the pre-monetary significance of wampum.
9 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Early indexes


Explanation:
Traces indicielles = traces of an index/signs of an index, better put as early indexes

The term refers to the fact that the wampum were the early index, that determined relative values between the colonies.

I am confident that 'Trace Indicielle' is NOT a technical term in this context.


Anglofrancais
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: No, once it became an "index", rather than an "indicator", it had lost its affective meaning and become a type of money.
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tokens, indicative markers


Explanation:
they are used as tokens, indicative markers of the ties which unite various parties...
I feel this gives a sense of what the sentence is trying to say - they were originally not really money, just tokens or pledges which then became used as a sort of currency.
I agree with one of the other respondent that I don't think it is intended as a technical term


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wampum
pennylyd
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
13 mins
agree  kashew: Tokens - short and sweet.
2 hrs
agree  acetran
1 day 3 hrs
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
symbols


Explanation:
*

kashew
France
Local time: 02:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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