ville confetti

19:52 Jan 29, 2018
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French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Immigration
French term or phrase: ville confetti
In a passage about the immigrant population in Brussels. Context: "Du fait d’arrivées massives d’immigrés, d’abord d’Europe centrale, puis d’Italiens, puis de Marocains et de Turcs en même temps qu’un nombre importants de fonctionnaires et de lobbyistes européens, Bruxelles est devenue une **ville confetti** à la manière américaine, ne lui manque que la traditionnelle Chinatown." Any help gratefully received!
Nicky Over
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:55


Summary of answers provided
4 +5cultural mosaic
Mair A-W (PhD)
3 +1kaleidoscope city
Melissa McMahon
4salad bowl city
katsy
4city of ethnic diversity
Barbara Cochran, MFA


Discussion entries: 7





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
kaleidoscope city


Explanation:
I think the meaning is as Carol suggested - multicultural etc - but this doesn't have the whimsy of "confetti".

This then is my stab at an equivalent - kaleidoscope or kaleidoscopic city (kaleidoscopic defined at dictionary.com as "having complex patterns of colours; multicoloured" and "made up of a complex mix of elements; multifaceted.")


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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-01-29 22:31:56 GMT)
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"patchwork" city is another image that comes to mind, if the literal meaning of kaleidoscope (involving mirrors, repeating reflections, tubes etc) is a bit distracting.

Melissa McMahon
Australia
Local time: 20:55
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge
3 days 10 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
salad bowl city


Explanation:
A term coined to take account of what is said in the DB - i.e. it's not "melting pot", with intermingling, but the co-existence of different cultures and ethnic groups.

https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1m...

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Note added at 13 hrs (2018-01-30 09:30:40 GMT)
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co-existence: I am reminded below that the implication is often "peacefully". I will therefore suggest "living side by side rather than together". However, the text given does not seem to be referring to any clashes or disruption, but rather the different cultures and ethnic groups (I repeat myself :-) ) which are to be found in Brussels.

katsy
Local time: 10:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Barbara Cochran, MFA: IMO, the different cultures in Brussels are not necessarily "co-existing", which implies that there are no disruptions or clashes going on between the immigrants and the dominant citizenry. Many of the immigrants will never bother to learn the languages.
8 hrs
  -> co-existence often means 'peacefully', and thus I will give more accurate wording in a note; however the text given does not refer to clashes/disruption. I venture to suppose that they are not the issue in the author's point.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
cultural mosaic


Explanation:
My favourite of the standard terms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_mosaic

https://isastudentblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/05/10-things-th... "Brussels is a cultural mosaic- As I’ve mentioned before Brussels is very diverse."

http://www.eulevoto.net/156.0.html
"Brussels is a cultural mosaic, advocating co-education in this respect"

https://www.google.de/search?q="cultural mosaic" brussels&ie...

Mair A-W (PhD)
Germany
Local time: 10:55
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Bohy
50 mins

agree  Jennifer White
54 mins

agree  B D Finch
55 mins

agree  Daryo: I was about to suggest "patchwork", but this sounds better
3 hrs

agree  Carol Gullidge
2 days 22 hrs
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
city of ethnic diversity


Explanation:
Given the general direction the other responses have taken, I am replacing my original contribution with this one.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 05:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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