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industrialisation artisanale

11:53 Jan 23, 2013
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French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Luxury costume jewellery
French term or phrase: industrialisation artisanale
This comes from the text accompanying a video included in a website for a small firm which produces luxury costume jewellery for high-end fashion houses in Paris.

"La fabrication et la production c’est quoi finalement : c’est faire aboutir en 10 semaines la production de plusieurs milliers de pièces extrêmement compliquées. Dans ce sens, on peut parler d’industrialisation artisanale."

I'm hesitating about how to translate "industrialisation artisanale". I thought of cottage industry but is that only used for things produced at home? Or perhaps small-scale industry?
Jane F
France
Local time: 20:43


Summary of answers provided
4 +5mass-produced crafted goods
kashew
4 +1the industrialization of the skilled crafts industry
Nicholas Andrew Courtney
4artisan industrialization
nweatherdon
3small-scale industry
mimi 254
4 -2Industrialization craft
Salih YILDIRIM


Discussion entries: 2





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
small-scale industry


Explanation:
industrialisation

mimi 254
Local time: 19:43
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, that confirms my suggestion

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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
mass-produced crafted goods


Explanation:
*

kashew
France
Local time: 20:43
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  laenai: For me, this is definitely the right idea. As Andrew states in his answer, "Small-scale industry" doesn't really relay the idea of skilled craftsmanship.
32 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Victoria Britten: Both succinct and explicit - just right
45 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  B D Finch
51 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Michael GREEN: Agree with laenai and Victoria
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  emiledgar
22 hrs
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the industrialization of the skilled crafts industry


Explanation:
"Cottage industry," doesn't necessarily mean home-based, but it does imply a loosely organized operation. A high-end costume jewelry maker on the Paris market would not fit into this category. Small-scale industry doesn't emphasis the skill-set and specialization involved in the production of crafted luxury goods.

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(or) the industrialization of craftsmanship

Nicholas Andrew Courtney
United States
Local time: 14:43
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Goward: particularly the alternative answer "the industrialization of craftsmanship"
3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
artisan industrialization


Explanation:
Why not keep the artisan in things? Or "industrializing artisanship" but I don't like the sound of that even though I think it's more along the lines of the meaning they're getting at.

Check Google and you'll see that some folk have even research artisan industrialization.

nweatherdon
Canada
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michael GREEN: I think we should use extreme caution when calling up the Great God Google - this is both ugly and sounds what it is - a straight calque from the source text
35 mins
  -> I get what you're saying, but I thought it would be a decent term and Google tells me some people use it. It's a suggestion.
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1 day 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Industrialization craft


Explanation:
imho

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 14:43
Does not meet criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: No such thing. https://www.google.com.mx/search?q="Industrialization craft"...
56 mins
disagree  Michael GREEN: Kim is correct. Surely a google search, if nothing else, is called for before posting an answer more than 30 hours after the question is posted?
1 day 18 hrs
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