For the sake of clarity, this is the title of the Marcel Duchamp piece:
Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau / 2° le gaz d'éclairage
This translates, with great accuracy and decent precision, as:
Given: 1st the waterfall / 2nd the gas in the lamp
Those of you with greater acuity en français, I would welcome a correction.
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The translation as posted on the placard vaguely near the actual piece in the PMA reads:
Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas
This does not appear to be an adequate translation and is likely not Duchamp's translation. It was likely translated after he died, at least for the placard. But it IS the translation given by the museum.
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