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Lay-In

French translation: mise en place

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English term or phrase:Lay-In
French translation:mise en place
Entered by: Laure Rose

15:18 Feb 23, 2009
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / drawing techniques
English term or phrase: Lay-In
Toujours pour ma traduction de guide sur les techniques de dessin, j'ai une description de sept étapes pour faire un portrait, les deux premières sont : "the lay-in" and "plumb lines" et j'ai un peu de mal à voir comment les différencier et les traduire. Lay-in consiste à traver un ovale, estimer les proportions du visage et placer des repères des différents traits du visage. Ensuite, plumb lines (qui se traduit normalement par fil à plomb, je sais...) consiste à placer les distances verticales et horizontales et d'esquisser le visage en plaçant les traits (yeux, bouche, etc). Je pense que plumb lines = traits/tracé de construction mais suis coincée pour lay-in. merci d'avance.
Laure Rose
France
Local time: 13:28
tracés circulaires
Explanation:
An idea...perhaps you could differentiate between “tracés circulaires” and “tracés linéaires” for the lay-in and the plumb lines, or put them both in the category of "premiers tracés."
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laura-francaise
United States
Local time: 07:28
Grading comment
thanks for your help, mise en place it is ! but premiers tracés did sound good.
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3 +1tracés circulaires
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lay-in
tracés circulaires


Explanation:
An idea...perhaps you could differentiate between “tracés circulaires” and “tracés linéaires” for the lay-in and the plumb lines, or put them both in the category of "premiers tracés."

laura-francaise
United States
Local time: 07:28
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Grading comment
thanks for your help, mise en place it is ! but premiers tracés did sound good.
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Asker: Actually, this drawing, http://www.elizabethharperneeld.com/2008/07/14/surprised-by-a-plumb-line/ provided so nicely by FX Fraipont, is almost the same I have for "lay in". And plumb lines have both vertical and horizontal, but I see no circular lines in either case, plus I don't thing the publisher or the writer would appreciate it if I decide to have only one category instead of two (although I'm very tempted!)


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