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fête patronale

English translation: annual patron saint's festival

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French term or phrase:fête patronale
English translation: annual patron saint's festival
Entered by: Gad Kohenov

08:15 Aug 19, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
French term or phrase: fête patronale
Hi,
How could I translate 'fête patronale', such as they have in villages throughout France into English?
Many thanks for any ideas/help in this
All the best,
Marine
codestrata
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:07
annual patron saint's festival
Explanation:
Found here:
coa.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/6/2/35.pdf
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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 06:07
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Summary of answers provided
3 +7patron saint festival / saint's feast-day
mohanv
4 +1patronal festival
jbc
3 +1patron saint's feast/procession
Sandra Petch
3 +1annual patron saint's festival
Gad Kohenov
4(village) patron saint's day
B D Finch
3 -1Annual village/town festival
John Peterson
Summary of reference entries provided
saint's feast day
Fiorsam

  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Annual village/town festival


Explanation:
Maybe something like this if you want to avoid "name day"-type terms

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Or "funfest", which crops up from time to time - especially in the US: e.g.

http://www.eaganfunfest.org/


John Peterson
Local time: 04:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: I think it has to have (patron) saint in there somewhere. And "funfest" would definitely not work here.
4 hrs
  -> I think a lot depends on the target audience. You could use the term and add a gloss if needs be, but my reading was that a (saint's) name term might be problematic for some. As for "funfest", I thought I'd just toss it in (it wouldn't be my first choice)
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
patron saint's feast/procession


Explanation:
It's a literal translation but so specific to southern Europe I can't think of an actual equivalent.

I was lucky enough to see Saint Dominic's feast and procession recently in Valletta, Malta, with fireworks, a brass band, confetti and of course the Saint's statue carried proudly through the streets.

Sandra Petch
Local time: 05:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fiorsam: yes, patron saint's feast
5 hrs
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
patron saint festival / saint's feast-day


Explanation:
patron saint festival / saint's feast-day

mohanv
India
Local time: 08:37
Native speaker of: Native in TamilTamil
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Evans (X): Here in Cornwall, such days are known simply as "feast day" or even just "feast". As this is not true of the whole English-speaking world and not even the whole of the UK, I think "saint's feast day" works well.
6 mins
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agree  Helen Shiner: Also agree with 'saint's feast day'
42 mins
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neutral  Sandra Petch: "Feast day" suggests to me the actual date whereas "feast" alone suggests the actual celebration and procession (as in my earlier answer).
1 hr
agree  philgoddard: I prefer festival - it might not involve feasting at all.
4 hrs
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agree  Fiorsam: patron saint's feast-day - you need to add "patron"
5 hrs
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agree  Colin Morley (X)
5 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  George C.
11 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Verginia Ophof: vmophof
1 day 9 hrs
  -> thanks
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
annual patron saint's festival


Explanation:
Found here:
coa.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/6/2/35.pdf

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 06:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Wilson: It is that, even though many villagers couldn't even name the saint!
1 hr
  -> Thanks a lot~!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
patronal festival


Explanation:
This is the term used by the Anglican Church in the UK for events, often a church service but sometimes other things as well, held to celebrate the feast day of the saint to whom a church is dedicated. The celebrations sometimes involve the whole community, not just those who attend the church concerned.


    Reference: http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/fpfalmouth/mylor/363700...
    Reference: http://sthelensgarstang.org/content/view/88/65/
jbc
Local time: 04:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cervin
17 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(village) patron saint's day


Explanation:
One tends to refer to a "saint's day", rather than a "saint's festival".

"Find Children in costume on village patron saint's day. by Krzysztof Dydynski art prints and posters at Australia's own PictureStore - prints, ..."
www.picturestore.com.au/product.aspx?productID=273180 -

"Read about the carnival in Malta and the traditional village feasts. ... the solemn thanksgiving on the morning of the patron saint's day (usually Sunday). ..."
www.destinationmalta.com/celebrations.htm

"The importance — and the influence on everyday functioning — of the various saint days therefore differs from village to village, and even from household to ..."
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1569020590...

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The fact that is a festival and probably with very little in the way of religious input is taken as read.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 05:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
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Reference comments


6 hrs
Reference: saint's feast day

Reference information:
only a reference in support of Mohan's suggestion:

Example sentence(s):
  • The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a ... day with one or more saints and referring to the day as that ***saint's feast day.*** ...

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints
Fiorsam
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
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