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surnommé « Les Beaux Arts du Plâtre »

English translation: AKA (also known as)...

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French term or phrase:surnommé « Les Beaux Arts du Plâtre »
English translation:AKA (also known as)...
Entered by: liz askew

08:30 Jul 28, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / plaster moulding lighting
French term or phrase: surnommé « Les Beaux Arts du Plâtre »
surnommé « Les Beaux Arts du Plâtre »,
annieandhari (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:26
AKA (also known as)...
Explanation:
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Note added at 44 mins (2009-07-28 09:14:34 GMT)
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known as - English-French Dictionary WordReference.com
known as, connu sous le nom de. known as, adj, dit (surnommé). Compound Forms/Formes composées. also known as, conj, ou ...
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:26
Grading comment
many thanks
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Summary of answers provided
1 +2AKA (also known as)...
liz askew
3designated by the name "The Fine Arts in Plaster"
Barbara Cochran, MFA


Discussion entries: 2





  

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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
surnommé « Les Beaux Arts du Plâtre »,
AKA (also known as)...


Explanation:
.......

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Note added at 44 mins (2009-07-28 09:14:34 GMT)
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known as - English-French Dictionary WordReference.com
known as, connu sous le nom de. known as, adj, dit (surnommé). Compound Forms/Formes composées. also known as, conj, ou ...
www.wordreference.com/enfr/known as - Cached - Similar

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 114
Grading comment
many thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Helen Shiner: We don't really have enough context to post properly yet.
1 hr
  -> if we ever get any:-)
agree  Yolanda Broad: AKA would be good for a particular register.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you! Yes, not sure whether this is too informal or not:-)
agree  Nektaria Notaridou
15 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
surnommé « Les Beaux Arts du Plâtre »,
designated by the name "The Fine Arts in Plaster"


Explanation:
Or "The Plaster Fine Arts."

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-28 11:02:42 GMT)
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Perhaps "ALSO designated as/by the name of" would fit your context better.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 00:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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