santeiro

French translation: sculpteur de statues religieuses

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Portuguese term or phrase:santeiro
French translation:sculpteur de statues religieuses
Entered by: Gil Costa

10:59 Jun 25, 2009
Portuguese to French translations [PRO]
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Portuguese term or phrase: santeiro
A pessoa que "fazia" santos.

Comment diriez-vous ?
Martine COTTARD
Portugal
Local time: 23:18
sculpteur d'images de saints
Explanation:
Eu optaria por traduzir assim, já que "santonnier" é, na sua origem, um escultor de figurinhas de presépio (santons - figurines de terre cuite qui ornent la crèche de Noël).

Outra alternativa: "sculpteur d'images religieuses".
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Gil Costa
Portugal
Local time: 23:18
Grading comment
Merci à tous pour vos suggestions et commentaires. Je finis par choisir cette solution, qui me semble mieux adaptée à mon contexte.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2santonnier
Carla Guerreiro
4 +1sculpteur d'images de saints
Gil Costa
3fabricant de saints
Elise Tiberghien


  

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santonnier


Explanation:
É a única palavra em francês que me ocorre, por causa dos "santons" da região de Provence.

Carla Guerreiro
France
Local time: 00:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nicole Viegas
6 mins

agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sculpteur d'images de saints


Explanation:
Eu optaria por traduzir assim, já que "santonnier" é, na sua origem, um escultor de figurinhas de presépio (santons - figurines de terre cuite qui ornent la crèche de Noël).

Outra alternativa: "sculpteur d'images religieuses".

Gil Costa
Portugal
Local time: 23:18
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
Merci à tous pour vos suggestions et commentaires. Je finis par choisir cette solution, qui me semble mieux adaptée à mon contexte.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gustavo Silva: "sculpteur ou artisan religieux (ou de saints)" :-)
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fabricant de saints


Explanation:
une autre possibilité
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14214939

Elise Tiberghien
Spain
Native speaker of: French
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