This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English to French
  3. Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.

retro-Americana

French translation: l'Amérique d'autrefois

13:33 Sep 11, 2012
English to French translations [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / fiction, représentation
English term or phrase: retro-Americana
bonjour,

Comment traduiriez-vous "retro-americana" dans cette phrase?
"Attractions span the toddler-friendly to the seriously gut-wrenching, spread across a storybook landscape of castles, temples, jungles, retro Americana and sci-fi fantasy.".
= un paysage de..... saloons/vintage américain?

Merci d'avance de votre aide.
Damien Zalio
France
Local time: 07:46
French translation:l'Amérique d'autrefois
Explanation:
Une suggestion
où l'Amérique d'antan
Va avec "paysage de" ou "des décors de"
Selected response from:

Antoine Heudre
France
Local time: 07:46
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2l'Amérique d'autrefois
Antoine Heudre
4d'Amérique de papa
jmleger
3kitsch américain
Alcime Steiger
Summary of reference entries provided
Americana = culture matérielle américaine
Jostrans (X)

  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
retro-americana
kitsch américain


Explanation:
ou bien éventuellement de "nostalgie américaine"

proposition "à chaud"

Alcime Steiger
France
Local time: 07:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
retro-americana
l'Amérique d'autrefois


Explanation:
Une suggestion
où l'Amérique d'antan
Va avec "paysage de" ou "des décors de"

Antoine Heudre
France
Local time: 07:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alcime Steiger: Je trouve "Amérique d'antan" parfait !
7 mins
  -> merci Alcime
agree  Madeleine Rossi: Idem, va pour d'antan, c'est légèrement ironique et ça correspond au reste de la phrase :-)
1 day 3 hrs
  -> merci Madeleine
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
retro-americana
d'Amérique de papa


Explanation:
par ex.

jmleger
Local time: 00:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)




Reference comments


8 hrs
Reference: Americana = culture matérielle américaine

Reference information:
Americana = « objets ou documents appartenant à l'héritage culturel américain » (Grand Robert & Collins)

Retro-Americana = On parle donc d'objets du passé américain (et non d'une époque comme telle).

Jostrans (X)
Canada
Native speaker of: French
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search