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1 month ago

bravo (a guest user) asked this question:

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1 month ago

plaisirsdelavie   wrote:

rond de ré

My comment:

I don't think the word needs tranlating since it is a specialty from île de Ré. Just add a "note du traducteur: a round bag made of woven wicker"

My references:

For pictures of "ronds de ré" cf https://www.lesrondsdere.fr.

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1 month ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Amanda has already given this reference - and the bags, in this case, are square it seems.

1 month ago

plaisirsdelavie   wrote:

The « ronds de ré » are definitely round (otherwise they wouldn’t be called so. Besides, these bags must bénéfit from a registered trademark. Si it’s illegal to give them another name. Another thing which must be taken into account us you don’t translate words like pub, foie gras, Bar Mitzvah,etc. that describe something which has no equivalent elsewhere.

1 month ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Then how would you translate "carré" here?

1 month ago

elvis   wrote:

Circular ray

1 month ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL   wrote:

little woven basket (usually round)

My comment:

Comes from the Ile de Ré. Presulably these can be made in any shape, hence the apparent dichotomy between rond and carré !

My references:

https://www.lesrondsdere.fr/pages/les-ronds-de-r

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1 month ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL   wrote:

PS I guess this could also be a flat (square) mat, but still woven from natural materials.

1 month ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Yes, for carrying over the shoulder it seems. Not a mat. Haven't a clue what we'd call them though.

1 month ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Having looked at the site - what about "wicker bags" which would cover it. In this case - square ones!

1 month ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL   wrote:

That would work!

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1 month ago

English -French - English   wrote:

Round of square dice 9x19..??

My comment:

ré carré makes no sens, it could be typo of ""dé''

1 month ago

Charles Ferguson   wrote:

frame.

My comment:

This is ONLY A GUESS! A rond-de-cuir is a poorly made chair, but your context suggests a frame, especially given dimensions 9 x 19 and the word "support".
Or do you suspect a typo?

My references:

Suggest you google on rond-de-ré and look at the pictures. Some of them look like the frame you get around a mirror.
I am tickled by the apparent contradiction between "rond" and "carré"!
Are there hyphens between your three words?