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232 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	lignes de force
Context:	Elles nous transmettent, au fi
Keywords:	femme indienne...Abstract of B

 

The answer of Karen Vincent-Jones   was rated best

forcefields (which structure...)

My comment:

'lines of force' is a term used within physics, meaning (imaginary) lines connecting forcefields, but is not common in English outside this context. Obviously 'lignes de force' is used in a much more general sense in French, but I think that you could translate it here by 'forcefields' , which is used in a metaphorical sense in English, ans would mean, here, roughly, those important issues, problems or whatever that 'tug' at, or structure, the mind.

The asker's comment:

Very interesting. Comments much appreciated.

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