Andre Dumoulin Apr 2, 2012:

"Il a obtenu son diplome en teinturerie chimique"....

Tramontane (asker) Apr 2, 2012:

THANKS Many thanks for your replies. It's interesting to see how everybody has proposed different solutions which are probably all correct. Therefore I will not choose a specific one to be right, but will decide together with my French revisor.

erickl Apr 2, 2012:

This would be perfectly all right inasmuch as textile in the trade includes hair, skin and synthetics. I personally do not see any problem with it. Neither do I look at a literal translation as a good "compromise". Some things are just not literal, and this is just one of them. The ITECH in Lyon, which is one of the three textile university in France (with the ENSAIT where I got my degree and a school in Mulhouse) specifically states the Textile Chemistry Engineer degree focuses on
• Chimie des formulations : Peintures, Encres, Adhésifs, Cosmétiques
• Matériaux plastiques
• Matériaux Textiles
• Cuir

Tramontane (asker) Apr 2, 2012:

conclusion I don't want to use the word 'textile', for the client produces chemicals for the leather industry. Furthermore, the original text does not mention the word 'textile'.

Veronique Parente Apr 1, 2012:

Conclusion Plutôt que de continuer à polémiquer vainement au sujet d’un titre de diplôme qui n’a peut-être pas de traduction officielle, ne serait-il pas alors plus simple de traduire presque littéralement ? A savoir :
"en 2006, il obtint son diplôme à l’institut technique industriel de Valdagno, dans le domaine des colorants de l’industrie chimique"
Et après ceci, je rends mon tablier …

erickl Apr 1, 2012:

Will do if it does not address the trade. As for me I shall keep "Ingénieur chimie textile on my CV', as the degree states (http://www.aiensait.com/index.php?pgDiplomeUser=&limitListNu...

Tramontane (asker) Apr 1, 2012:

conclusion? Dear collegues, many thanks for your reactions. I think that "il a obtenu son diplôme en techniques de teinture de l'industrie chimique" covers the original expression, don't you think?

Veronique Parente Mar 31, 2012:

By chance, I’m before my computer this weekend. It is not a matter of "liking" or "not liking". It is just a general occupational designation used in France, Belgium and even Switzerland, whether we like it or not …and each to his own...

erickl Mar 31, 2012:

Some people obviously like 'colorist', but a 'coloriste' is a shade-matcher or colour-matcher and is not necessarily a chemist.

Veronique Parente Mar 31, 2012:

teinturier-coloriste de l’industrie chimique TEXTILE.
voir Industrial Technical Institute de Valdagno (http://books.google.fr/books?id=MI-vbcXDdssC&pg=PA476&lpg=PA...

erickl Mar 31, 2012:

Chimie textile : polymères, chimie organique, ennoblissement, impression, colorimétrie, eaux industrielles, apprêts, comportement au feu, filature, tissage, maille, enduction, filage. Voir la page du diplome de l'ENSAIT (une des seules écoles françaises de chimie textile - http://www.cefi.org/FichesBN/FichesBA/ENSAIT_Roubaix.htm_

rokotas Mar 31, 2012:

on pourait peut-etre dire "il a obtenu son diplome en teinture dans/ pour l'industrie chimique"

Tramontane (asker) Mar 30, 2012:

Industrie chimique de teinture D'accord. Mais on ne peut pas dire: "il a obtenu son diplôme en industrie chimique de teinture", n'est-ce pas??

Andre Dumoulin Mar 30, 2012:

Industrie chimique de la teinture