English translation of "le pur métal croisait le rassemblement de" - "where a criss-crossing of raw metal joined scattered elements in the middle of a chain of union enhanced with coloured glass chain links"

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141 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	le pur métal croisait le rassemblement de
Context:	Etienne saisit la liasse d'une main mal assurée et commença à lire. Le nom de la société contractante "Galaxy", ne lui disait rien. Le nom et l'emblême de la société en haut à gauche, qui tenait en trois lettres, n'était en revanche que trop familier. Il égrenait les articles dans un style ampoulé, oú la tradition bureaucratique le disputait à une maçonnerie exotique, oú le pur métal croisait le rassemblement de ce qui est épars au milieu d'une chaîne d'union et d'anneaux de verroterie.

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141 months ago

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where a criss-crossing of raw metal joined scattered elements in the middle of a chain of union enhanced with coloured glass chain links

My comment:

That's what I can make out of the architectural jargon used by the author. Does "pur métal" mean unpainted, unpolised, or something else remains to be found out. Without a picture, it's mere guess work.

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141 months ago

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On second thought, "pur" must refer to the pure design of metal as opposed to the heavily ornamented other elements; and "croisait" might just mean was associated with/contrasted with. where the pure design of metal contrasted with scattered ornamentations in the middle...

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