qui apporte une réflexion sur

15:34 Sep 21, 2016 

For example, new LED technology means luminaires can be made more compact, and in a variety of hitherto impossible shapes — so they can be fitted into their surroundings in completely new ways, and have an impact on those surroundings in different ways — things like discreet internal lighting in a display cabinet that up till now would have been too small to have lights in it...

15:12 Sep 21, 2016 

I see, yes. Or "is a symbol of" I guess.

14:48 Sep 21, 2016 

Yes, and complicated. How can a lamp represent a new way in which the object interacts with its environment? Does it make any sense?

14:30 Sep 21, 2016 

FR loves to use many more words than we anglophones would consider necessary. Why would we bother thinking or reflectiing about it? Is it not just a standalone lamp that represents a new way in which the object interacts with its environment?

12:17 Sep 20, 2016 

Thanks. I shall use "suggest" for the moment, unless something "punchier" appears.

12:15 Sep 20, 2016 

The design project is something new, it is a propsal. To that extent, it is intended to contribute to new ways of doing things. In doing so, it "apporte une réflexion sur une nouvelle façon de..."

"... an independent light which suggests a new way of..."

I'd avoid saying that it "sheds light" on something, but that would be the spirit of what is being meant.

12:11 Sep 20, 2016 

"because I hesitate when seeing "réflexion", and am not sure if it is a good idea to translate it literally all the time"

I'd say certainly not, here... as so often, it can be a bit of a faux ami, since it is used in a far more restricted range of senses in EN than in FR — if someone suggested going out for the evening, I wouldn't in EN say "Oh, let me reflect about that for a minute"!

However, I do think your proposal of "that takes into account..." is pretty weak and passive, and not really punchy enough for the kind of marketing context needed here. Surely the underlying idea is rather one of "making you think about..."? And I think any translation needs to take that notion into account.