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Hello Sandra,

A warm welcome to MSW from Sussez. This is a great place for advice and assistance.

Please keep us posted on your project.

 

Regards,

Bruce

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STAY SAFE

 

A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin

current builds:

HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style

Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild 

French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold

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Welcome to MSW.    Questions are always good.   When asking, put the questions into the appropriate sub-forum in this area:  https://modelshipworld.com/forum/12-shop-notes-ship-modeling-tips-techniques-and-research/

 

You'll get more "eyes" seeing it there than here.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Sandra, welcome to MSW. 

Current Builds:  1870's Sternwheeler, Lula

                             Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee

                             Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia

 

Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver                       

                       Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration

 

 

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Bienvenue!

 

I am not certain whether you want modelling or maritime terminology. There are several online translation resources for maritime terms. I particularly like this one - https://archive.org/details/dictionnairedes00tiregoog/page/n12/mode/2up - it contains very many terms useful in modelling. However, it translates only in one direction - from French to English. But I hope this is helpful.

 

Are you planning to realise a ship model yourself?

 

Steven

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Hello and greetings from Massachusetts USA.  Feel free to ask a question, and good luck with your project!

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Sandra, you'll occasionally find that there are alternative translations between French and English, of which one is correct and the other isn't. For example the usual translation of the word pont into English is "bridge" - but the correct word for ships is "deck". The "bridge" is a different part of the ship entirely. Another one is bâtiment - the usual English translation is "building", but the maritime one is just "ship."

 

There are quite a few words like this, but as you get into the subject it gets easier.

 

Steven 

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Sandra, we can use your translation skills in the below discussion. Thank you.......Keith

 

 

Current Builds:  1870's Sternwheeler, Lula

                             Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee

                             Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia

 

Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver                       

                       Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration

 

 

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On 8/28/2021 at 4:27 AM, Louie da fly said:

Hello Steven,

No plans to make a ship model myself. I've made mosaics in the past but haven't started model-making. My interest comes through my translation work for the Musée national de la Marine here in France. It's great to be on the forum. It certainly seems like a friendly community and I've had a lot of help and tips already. I'm hoping I'll be able to reciprocate.

All the best,

Sandra

 

 

On 8/28/2021 at 4:27 AM, Louie da fly said:

Are you planning to realise a ship model yourself?

 

Steven

 

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Hi Sandra,

 

What an amazing job to have! I envy you immensely. I have a smattering of French myself, which has helped me with archaeological reports. Speaking of which, have you any idea of what is meant by the terms aiguilette and carlingot ? (see text below from the report Le Navire Génois de Villefranche in Archaeonautica No. 9). The carlingot appears to be something to do with the carlingue (keelson) but I can't find a definition for it anywhere.

 

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Any help gratefully received.

 

Steven

 

 

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Bonjour,

Les « carlingots » sont deux pièces placées parallèlement et contre la quille afin de la renforcer latéralement.
Les "aiguillettes" sont la pièce supérieure dans la partie supérieure des cavaliers (qui sur ce navire ont une forme particulière).

 

GD

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Merci beaucoup, GD.

 

For the English-speakers; 

"The carlingots are two pieces placed against the keel, parallel to it, for lateral reinforcement.

The aiguillettes are the top piece of the top part of the cavaliers (which on this ship have a particular form)".

 

I'm not familiar with the term cavalier, but it seems to be a frame, and so I think the aiguillette must be the top futtock. 

 

Steven

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Hello,

 

This drawing comes from the excavation report of the Villefranche ship, which can be consulted here:  

https://www.persee.fr/doc/nauti_0154-1854_1989_mon_9_1
On page 93.

 

@Sandra: traduire est une chose, connaître en est une autre, à chacun son domaine :)

(Translating is one thing, knowing is another, to each his own :) )

 

GD

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