animation et décoration

15:10 Dec 31, 2010
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French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Other / Event services
French term or phrase: animation et décoration
This phrase shows up as a type of application for a manufacturer's transfer films.
It's the headline on a product sheet for a type of transfer film.

The full phrase is Solutions Animation et Decoration.

I googled the phrase and found that is an expression for a type of service provided for events or parties. I am fairly sure that the decoration is decoration, but I am a bit puzzled about the English for animation. Do we have a similar expression in English for this type of service?

Also, what does the animation mean?

I think this is probably obvious, but I'm stumped.
Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 06:51


Summary of answers provided
4Entertainment and decoration
Frensp
4decoration
philgoddard
3event coordination and decoration solutions
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3events gimmicks and decoration
kashew
1 -1animation and decoration
andres-larsen


Discussion entries: 9





  

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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): -1
animation et decoration
animation and decoration


Explanation:
transfer film ***animation and decoration*** solutions

sources:

On Animated Films | William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible | Art21
Production stills; 35mm ***"animated film transferred" to video, 5:50 min. ... but a kind of "decoration added on"), whereas the smudge of a "charcoal animation"*** is ...
www.art21.org/anythingispossible/slid... -

Movie Terminology Glossary - A
ASIFA was founded in 1960 in France, chartered under UNESCO, as a membership organization devoted to the encouragement and dissemination of ***film animation*** ...
www.imdb.com/glossary/A -

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 06:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: It's about transfer films (ie plastic sheets), not movies.
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
animation et decoration
event coordination and decoration solutions


Explanation:
Reference:

Larousse Advanced French/English Dictionary

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
animation et decoration
Entertainment and decoration


Explanation:
"Please contact us for suggested suppliers for flowers, decorations, entertainment and activity suppliers."

"Professionnels, particuliers, organisateurs de spectacles,venez découvrir notre catalogue en ligne. Nous disposons d'un parc de plus de 300 animations en direct ou en sous-traitance pour vos animations (déplacement dans toute la France). Nous pouvons assurer la conception, la création et la réalisation de la partie ludique de vos prestations. "


    Reference: http://www.chicheleyhall.co.uk/Entertainment-Decoration.html
    Reference: http://www.conceptevenement.com/accueil/index.html
Frensp
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
animation et decoration
decoration


Explanation:
We still have very little context (see the discussion entries), but I think animation and décoration both mean the same thing here, so I'd translate them as one word.

I think it's unlikely to have anything to do with events - the asker appears to have googled "animation" and come up with the "entertainment" meaning, but there's no evidence from the context that this is relevant here.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
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Asker: It seems a bit of a stretch to say that animation means decoration.

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animation et decoration
events gimmicks and decoration


Explanation:
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kashew
France
Local time: 12:51
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PRO pts in category: 24
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