Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

ours

English translation:

rough cut

Added to glossary by David BUICK
Aug 10, 2009 13:33
14 yrs ago
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French term

ours

French to English Tech/Engineering Media / Multimedia production
some kind of rough version of content in a digital production module for TV:

"l’approbation d’un ours avant le début d’un montage complexe"
Proposed translations (English)
3 +7 rough cut
3 credit

Discussion

David BUICK (asker) Aug 10, 2009:
Rough cut sounds good Alison, that goes along with my thinking. Care to post an answer ;-) ?
Alison MacG Aug 10, 2009:
rough cut? See this glossary:
rough cut le prémontage, un ours
http://web.uvic.ca/french/department_files/courses/french389...
Rob Grayson Aug 10, 2009:
A bit of a guess... I really have little idea as to whether this might be relevant, but my Collins-Robert has this as one of the entries for "ours": [argot /Presse] : ≈ credits (for written publication)

Proposed translations

+7
27 mins
Selected

rough cut

Please see discussion entry

I found this Canadian glossary and the quality seems good.
rough cut le prémontage, un ours
http://web.uvic.ca/french/department_files/courses/french389...

Another ref:
http://doku2.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/lours-mal-leche-its-ro...

(Thanks for the request to post this as an answer.)
Peer comment(s):

agree kashew
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agree Michel F. Morin : Bravo Alison: ça, il fallait vraiment le trouver ! Well done !
3 hrs
Merci, Michel!
agree Helen Shiner : well researched
7 hrs
agree axies : ibid
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agree Nedhead
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agree George C.
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agree Anna Knight
1 day 18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks - a useful little glossary too!"
11 mins

credit

Credits that are given for whoever was responsible for the production of the module.

Reference:

Collins Robert Unabridged French/English Dictionary
Peer comment(s):

neutral Anna Knight : This is true for "ours" in the context of the written press.
1 day 18 hrs
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