Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la présentation (here)
English translation:
visual presentation/visuals
French term
France
36 years experience on 4 continents
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: English to French, French to English
la présentation (here)
About a project to publish a reference book on tropical trees. "Présentation" is not editing or formating here. Can't nail it down.
| 4 +1 | visual presentation/visuals |
Helen Shiner
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| 5 +7 | presentation |
mimi 254
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| 4 | layout |
David Mousseau
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| 4 | the manner in which the material is presented |
Christopher Crockett
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| 4 -1 | appearance |
TesCor -
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Jul 15, 2008 16:28: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jul 20, 2008 10:03: Helen Shiner Created KOG entry
PRO (1): Helen Shiner
Non-PRO (3): Julie Barber, Emma Paulay, writeaway
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
visual presentation/visuals
quote from: http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/pop3c.cf...
Visuals is often used in this way, though is perhaps a little less formal.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-15 16:58:18 GMT)
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@ Christopher: I guess I mean, the visual presentation, as opposed to the textual presentation solely, though for me, the appearance of a text is also a visual decision.
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Christopher Crockett
: "Visuals" almost works, except for, as you say, its informality. How about "the visual material"? "Vistual material" as opposed to the text.
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Thanks, though I don't think 'the visual material' works very well
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David Vaughn
: Maybe "visual presentation", but book lovers would argue that the tactile properties of a book are also important. Definitely not "visuals" IMO - this is a book, an object, the presentation is more than just the visual imagery as such.
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I take your point about the tactility of a book, though in this case I don't particularly feel it is being referenced.
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presentation
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Julie Barber
: I would tend to agree ...;-)
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Philippa Smith
7 mins
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David Vaughn
: "the manner or style in which something is displayed"
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cmwilliams (X)
2 hrs
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lundy
: I think I would add the overall presentation
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Aude Sylvain
5 hrs
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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Canada
M.A. in Linguistics, B.A. in French
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
layout
Just an idea.
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David Vaughn
: I think this is too specific, referring only to a part of what is involved in presentation - printing quality, paper, etc
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M.A., Ph.D. Historian/Art Historian
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English
the manner in which the material is presented
[In any case, avoid duplication of "present*" eve though the original does that.]
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Note added at 35 mins (2008-07-15 15:54:08 GMT)
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Taking a cue from Helen:
"...the manner in which the visual material is presented...."
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