Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

équipe scientifique

English translation:

panel/team of experts; curatorial team (museums & galleries)

Added to glossary by Susan Nicholls
May 28, 2010 13:03
13 yrs ago
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French term

équipe scientifique

Non-PRO French to English Art/Literary Anthropology exhibition of artefacts
This is a very common phrase, referring to the experts in charge of organising (in this case) an exhibition. I wondered what the usual English phrase might be in this context. Here it refers to the curator and two eminent anthropologists as advisory experts.
Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations (English)
4 curatorial team
4 +3 scientific team
4 organization panel
3 team of experts
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May 28, 2010 14:04: Sandra & Kenneth Grossman changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

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Discussion

Susan Nicholls (asker) May 31, 2010:
Thank you everyone for your input. I posted this question after noting the expression was not in the glossary. I don't think the semantic fields covered by "scientifique" and "scientific" completely overlap (to put it "scientifically"), the French term referring sometimes more broadly to knowledge or expertise. In this case I had thought "team of experts" - as Rachel confirms , and "curatorial term" would be a good specific translation, thank you Helen; and thanks too to Kashew, "panel" is perhaps a better alternative than "team".

Proposed translations

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curatorial team

According to the curatorial team: “This exhibit will be of great interest not only to professional
anthropologists but other publics as well. By drawing the studied methodologies of ethnography
into a familiar art environment this collective exhibition delivers an all too uncommon challenge to
disciplinary and professional boundaries.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/news/Ethnographic Terminal...

I would use 'curatorial panel' where a competition or award was the context.

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This groundbreaking permanent exhibition, developed by a core curatorial team composed of Southwest Indian peoples and museum professionals, incorporates the voices of more than 75 Native Americans. Here, Now & Always tells the rich, complex and diverse stories of Native Americans in the Southwest through their own words and some 1,300 objects drawn from the Museum's collections.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Indian_Arts_and_Cultu...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-05-28 15:41:58 GMT)
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'scientists' / 'scientific' is far too vague. I would argue US/UK usage requires the translation to be more specific.
Note from asker:
Thank you Helen, you perfectly understood why I posted the question. I'm not entirely sure what the context is, but I think something like "curatorial panel" would do the trick nicely. There is clearly only one curator, two advisory experts.
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+3
2 mins

scientific team

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Peer comment(s):

agree David Hollywood : why not?
2 mins
thanks
agree Chris Hall
23 mins
thanks
agree liz askew : Social Anthropology at St Andrews: Staff profiles (ed. with web designer Mike Arrowsmith) Sound and Anthropology 2008 Interactive ... Steppe Route Expedition as the textile expert on their scientific team, ... www.st-andrews.ac.uk/anthropology/dept/staff
25 mins
thank you
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16 mins

organization panel

* add experts maybe.
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1 day 10 hrs

team of experts

depends on where it occurs - e.g. in a list in a catalogue or general text?

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Big year for the British Museum
6 Jun 2003 ... The British Museum's greatest artefacts - in pictures and audio ... a team of experts from some of the world's most famous museums to Iraq. ...
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2960734.stm
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