Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
portrait d'un incontournable.
English translation:
portrait of a must-have item
Added to glossary by
Sasha Barral-Robinson
Nov 6, 2008 15:34
15 yrs ago
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French term
France
Localisation and content creation
Native in: English (Variants: British, New Zealand, UK, French, US, Australian, UK, US, British, New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, English
portrait d'un incontournable.
French to English
Art/Literary
Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
design article, journalism
One sentence. About T-shirts in fashion.
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Nov 6, 2008 15:34: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Proposed translations
4 mins
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portrait of a must-have item
Rather uninspired plain vanilla answer.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you"
7 mins
John Peterson
Native in English
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, Turkish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
T-Shirt to a "T"
Time for a tea, I think
3 mins
portrait of a legend
I've always thought this when seeing the 'best of' cds for the legends of music.
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-11-06 15:42:18 GMT)
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This may or may not be applicable depending on the context. Tshirts using portraits of legends?
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-11-06 15:42:18 GMT)
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This may or may not be applicable depending on the context. Tshirts using portraits of legends?
1 hr
Portrait of an essential
Magazines always talk about wardrobe "essentials". I think that's what is meant here. The basic item, that everyone owns.
4 hrs
Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
96
the story of a clothing/wardrobe classic/staple/icon
I think portrait sounds rather strange in EN here, hence my suggestion of the less weird (hopefully) 'story'. Otherwise I think Emma is nearest with 'essential', but I wonder whether the meaning would be better rendered to an EN-speaking readership with 'icon' or 'staple' or the more ambiguous 'classic'.
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