{"id":796,"date":"2022-11-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/?p=796"},"modified":"2025-01-14T20:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T20:35:13","slug":"food-for-thought-matiere-a-reflexion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iti-frenchnetwork.co.uk\/?p=796","title":{"rendered":"Food for thought \/ Mati\u00e8re \u00e0 r\u00e9flexion"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/lucilejungtranslations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lucile Jung<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une question simple pour une phrase \u2018simple\u2019\u00a0: comment traduire la formule (invent\u00e9e pour l\u2019exercice) <em>The curator curates an exhibition<\/em> ?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voil\u00e0 une question que Mireille Bord et moi-m\u00eame nous sommes pos\u00e9e r\u00e9cemment lors de la visite d\u2019une exposition. Sur le moment, il nous semblait impossible de traduire ces deux termes de fa\u00e7on \u00e9vidente. Apr\u00e8s quelques semaines ponctu\u00e9es d\u2019intenses r\u00e9flexions et de recherches \u00e9lectroniques (sans oublier une \u00e9coute assidue de France Inter), je vous propose un petit r\u00e9sum\u00e9 de nos trouvailles s\u00e9mantiques.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Difficile \u00e0 premi\u00e8re vue de trouver une traduction aussi courte en fran\u00e7ais, notamment pour le verbe <em>to curate<\/em>, pour lequel nous ne disposons d\u2019aucun \u00e9quivalent. Il en va de m\u00eame pour <em>curator<\/em>, que l\u2019on pourrait \u00eatre tent\u00e9e de traduire par \u00ab\u00a0curateur\/curatrice\u00a0\u00bb, qui sont deux termes couramment employ\u00e9s au Qu\u00e9bec dans le contexte des mus\u00e9es. En effet, en anglais, <em>curator<\/em> (et <em>curatrix<\/em> dans sa version f\u00e9minine), proviennent directement de l\u2019ancien fran\u00e7ais \u2018curateur\u2019, qui lui-m\u00eame est un emprunt au latin classique<em> curator<\/em>, \u00e0 savoir \u00ab\u00a0celui qui a charge de, soin de\u00a0\u00bb, par exemple un <em>curateur des aqueducs<\/em> dans l\u2019histoire romaine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En fran\u00e7ais moderne non-qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, le <em>curateur <\/em>fait uniquement r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 une <em>curatelle<\/em>, soit une mesure judiciaire destin\u00e9e \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger une personne qui se retrouve \u00ab\u00a0plac\u00e9e sous curatelle\u00a0\u00bb en raison d\u2019une maladie, d\u2019un handicap ou d\u2019un accident ayant alt\u00e9r\u00e9 ses facult\u00e9s. On retrouve cette id\u00e9e en droit \u00e9cossais, o\u00f9 le mot <em>curator<\/em> conserve un sens similaire, \u00e0 savoir \u00ab\u00a0a guardian of a minor, mentally ill person, etc\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En dehors du domaine juridique, c\u2019est au 17<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> si\u00e8cle que le <em>curator<\/em> anglais semble appara\u00eetre pour la premi\u00e8re fois comme la t\u00eate pensante d\u2019un mus\u00e9e ou d\u2019une biblioth\u00e8que. On s\u2019\u00e9loigne donc un peu de la racine latine <em>cura<\/em> \u00ab soin\u00a0\u00bb, que l\u2019on retrouve notamment au Moyen-\u00c2ge dans le mot latin <em>curatus<\/em> \u00ab celui qui a la charge des \u00e2mes\u00a0\u00bb, d\u2019o\u00f9 est issu notre <em>cur\u00e9<\/em> actuel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Form\u00e9 \u00e0 partir de <em>curator,<\/em> le verbe <em>to curate<\/em> ne fait sa premi\u00e8re apparition qu\u2019\u00e0 partir de la deuxi\u00e8me moiti\u00e9 du 19<sup>\u00e8me<\/sup> si\u00e8cle, dans le sens de \u00ab\u00a0carefully choosing just the right assortment of objects.\u00a0\u00bb L\u2019id\u00e9e de \u00ab\u00a0care\u00a0\u00bb (soin) n\u2019est donc pas enti\u00e8rement expurg\u00e9e du sens original.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avec le verbe <em>to curate<\/em>, on a donc l\u2019impression que l\u2019anglais a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 conserver la richesse de l\u2019\u00e9tymologie, puisque dans les d\u00e9finitions de ce mot, il faut souvent au moins deux verbes pour d\u00e9crire le travail d\u2019un <em>curator<\/em>\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0to organise and oversee\u00a0\u00bb, \u00ab\u00a0to gather and present to the public\u00a0\u00bb. C\u2019est non seulement une personne qui a la responsabilit\u00e9 d\u2019une t\u00e2che (cf le <em>curator<\/em> romain) mais qui doit aussi \u00ab\u00a0soigner\u00a0\u00bb son travail, voire l\u2019accomplir avec en t\u00eate un certain souci pour les autres (le public), pourquoi pas m\u00eame pour \u00ab\u00a0curer\u00a0\u00bb les \u00e2mes (avis aux amateurs d\u2019art-th\u00e9rapie).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contrairement \u00e0 l\u2019anglais, le fran\u00e7ais n\u2019a pas cr\u00e9\u00e9 de verbe \u00e0 partir du latin \u2018curator\u2019, on se retrouve donc \u00e0 devoir \u00e9toffer nos traductions de <em>to<\/em> <em>curate<\/em>, qui semble profiter d\u2019un grand retour \u00e0 la mode depuis quelques d\u2019ann\u00e9es\u00a0:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe use of curate to describe such actions as putting together a basic restaurant menu, or a lineup of inspirational speakers, appears to have increased greatly around the beginning of the 21st century.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201c<\/em><em>A curator, here, is essentially a paid selector of stuff for sale, whether it be concert tickets or cuff links.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finalement, la richesse de ce mot pourrait \u00eatre traduite comme suit en fran\u00e7ais :<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EN: <em>The curator curates an exhibition<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FR<em>\u00a0: Le commissaire d&#8217;exposition\u00a0est l&#8217;auteur d&#8217;une exposition puisqu&#8217;il en d\u00e9finit le th\u00e8me, la con\u00e7oit et l&#8217;organise enti\u00e8rement.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ou encore :<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FR<em>\u00a0: Le commissaire d&#8217;exposition a pour mission de cr\u00e9er, organiser et g\u00e9rer une exposition temporaire ou un \u00e9v\u00e8nement culturel majeur comme une biennale, un salon artistique ou un festival.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un exemple qui montre bien que le fait d\u2019\u00eatre pay\u00e9e en fonction du nombre de mots sources n\u2019est pas toujours favorable, mais ceci est un autre d\u00e9bat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merci \u00e0 Mireille dont l\u2019id\u00e9e originale m\u2019a donn\u00e9 envie d\u2019en savoir plus\u00a0!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources : cnrtl.fr, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/words-at-play\/can-you-curate-anything\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Can You \u2018Curate\u2019 Anything?<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><em>A brief history of the word \u2018curator\u2019<\/em><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/word\/curator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">etymonline.com\/word\/curator<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidj.com\/metiers\/commissaire-d-exposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cidj.com\/metiers\/commissaire-d-exposition<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lucile Jung Une question simple pour une phrase \u2018simple\u2019\u00a0: comment traduire la formule (invent\u00e9e pour l\u2019exercice) The curator curates 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