Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
à simple entrée
English translation:
with opening quote marks only
Added to glossary by
Mary Lalevee
Sep 9, 2010 13:01
13 yrs ago
French term
à simple entrée
French to English
Bus/Financial
Printing & Publishing
Magazines
Decision by the Court of Appeal on an issue of copyright infringement between two magazines. This is about the layout of the cover page.
le choix d'une gamme chromatique dominante à base de brun-rouge sombre, déclinée en différents coloris sous la forme caractéristique de " signets carrés ", la reprise des guillemets à simple entrée et des formes arrondies,
le choix d'une gamme chromatique dominante à base de brun-rouge sombre, déclinée en différents coloris sous la forme caractéristique de " signets carrés ", la reprise des guillemets à simple entrée et des formes arrondies,
Proposed translations
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| 2 | with opening quote marks only |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | opening single quotation marks |
Marion Feildel (X)
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| 2 | single apostrophe |
Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Proposed translations
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with opening quote marks only
They do funny things with quote marks these days. A graphic charter for a corporate magazine I do calls for VERY LARGE opening quote marks on a verbatim, a quote taken from the text and reproduced in large type somewhere on the page. Though the closing quote marks are still larger than the text they enclose, they are considerably smaller than the opening quotes. At first I thought this was a layout error and pointed it out to them. Then it got on my nerves. Now I'm used to it.
I can well imagine that some trendy maquettiste has decided they simply don't need closing quote marks.
I can well imagine that some trendy maquettiste has decided they simply don't need closing quote marks.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! This seems to be it."
7 mins
Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Creoles & Pidgins (French-based Other) to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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20
single apostrophe
Could this be ' as opposed to " ?
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Note added at 9 mins (2010-09-09 13:11:07 GMT)
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could also be this : ‹ ›
see
"guillemets français simples, en forme de chevron (‹ … ›), séparés de leur contenu par une espace insécable;"
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet
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Note added at 9 mins (2010-09-09 13:11:07 GMT)
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could also be this : ‹ ›
see
"guillemets français simples, en forme de chevron (‹ … ›), séparés de leur contenu par une espace insécable;"
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet
Peer comment(s):
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Marion Feildel (X)
: pour "guillemets simples" oui, mais "à simple entrée" est-ce pareil??
33 mins
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not sure, hence low confidence level
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Bourth (X)
: "Quote marks", surely, not "apostrophe".
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you're right Bourth, my answer was rather rushed.
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22 hrs
opening single quotation marks
'Guillemets à simple entrée' pourrait signifier des guillemets à la fois simples et ouvrants.
"Further, the "smart quotes" feature converts opening apostrophes (such as in the words 'tis, 'em, and 'til) into OPENING SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS—essentially upside-down apostrophes."
also: open single quotes.
"Further, the "smart quotes" feature converts opening apostrophes (such as in the words 'tis, 'em, and 'til) into OPENING SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS—essentially upside-down apostrophes."
also: open single quotes.
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