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112 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Sciences / Non-fiction books
Level of diffculty:	Difficult / demanding
Word or term in question:	[Garde de la] vacation
Context:	"Et qu'aux brevets des apprentifs Marchands, faut dire que le Maistre promet de montrer la vacation & la Marchandise dont il se mesle & entremet en icelle. A ces sortes de brevets le consentement des Maistres & Gardes de la vacation n'est point requis, mais au lieu de cela les brevets des apprentifs doivent estre inscrits & registrez dans le livre de leur Communauté..." Vacation seems to be about the Master's absences, presumably on business, but I'm struggling to find a term less modern than 'business trip'. Specifying buying or selling would be an overtranslation as it's not stated.
Keywords:	Historic documents

 

The answer of martynback   was rated best

Not about absence!

My comment:

Amanda I think it's more likely to be about the time spent making something. This is one of the older meanings of "vacation" which survives in some contexts today.

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