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209 months ago

Geea (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

montée des marches

Context:

Ouverture du Festival et première montée des marches à Cannes

 

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209 months ago

Charles Ferguson  See profile wrote:

(first) ascent of the grand staircase

My comment:

word "grand" included to infer the glitz of the occasion.

209 months ago

AlexTranslates.com  See profile wrote:

red carpet

My comment:

In Cannes the red carpet for the movie stars is actually on a stairway, so in Cannes going up the stairs "montee des marches" is equivalent to walking the red carpet in other festivals.

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209 months ago

AlexTranslates.com  See profile wrote:

The opening of the festival as the first stars climb the steps

209 months ago

Jennifer White  See profile wrote:

Walk up the steps

My comment:

The arrival of the stars.

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209 months ago

Jennifer White  See profile wrote:

[Cannes signifies the cinematic imaginary: stars, glitter and the walk up the steps to the Palace ensure this continuing representation and give the ... goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5529841/The-Cannes-film-festival-as.html - 59k

209 months ago

Jennifer White  See profile wrote:

Grand opening of the Cannes Festival and first walking up of the stairs.

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209 months ago

stefania castelli  See profile wrote:

Perhaps you had better to reshape the sentence as follows: Cannes: Film Festival Grand opening begins with the first walking up of stairs Just an idea, nothing else :)