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French translation: Photographe de tournage


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16:56 Sep 14, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: still man
Figueroa (1907-1997) was born in Mexico City, where he became an emblematic figure of the Mexican cinema.
His career spanned over 50 years: as photojournalist,xxx still man xxx, studio portraitist, cameraman, lighting engineer and director of photography.

Thank you for your help !
Carol Molter
Local time: 21:29
French translation:Photographe de tournage
Explanation:
Still Man refers here to the person who uses a still camera
I would translate it: PHOTOGRAPHE DE TOURNAGE
I work in the Broadcast industry in Canada and that's the term that we use.
I hope that this helps!
Here's a Wikipedia definition:
A still camera is a type of camera used to take photographs. Traditional cameras capture light onto photographic film. Digital cameras use electronics, usually a charge coupled device (CCD) to store digital images in computer memory inside the camera. The digital image can be transferred to a computer for later processing.
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Isabelle F. Brunet
Local time: 14:29
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Merci à tous !
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Photographe de tournage
Isabelle F. Brunet
3photographe de cinémaFrankie J. B.
1 +2photographe de plateau
Tony M
3 -1Photographe de l'image reste (fixe)
Vaddy Peters


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
photographe de plateau


Explanation:
It means someone who takes 'production stills' on the film set (for example)

AKA 'stills photographer'

Tony M
France
Local time: 20:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 141
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Asker: Thank you very much for your answer and your comments!

Asker: Thank you very much for your answer and your comments!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frankie J. B.
0 min
  -> Merci, Frankie !
agree  enrico paoletti
22 hrs
  -> Grazie, Enrico!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
photographe de cinéma


Explanation:
Déductin d'après http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_still

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Note added at 5 mins (2011-09-14 17:01:54 GMT)
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Photographe de plateau aussi : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographe_de_plateau (peut-être mieux)

Frankie J. B.
France
Local time: 20:29
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Asker: Thank you very much!

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Photographe de l'image reste (fixe)


Explanation:
a picture taken from a film

Vaddy Peters
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: I'm pretty sure this isn't that standard term to refer to a stills photographer of any sort.
10 mins
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Photographe de tournage


Explanation:
Still Man refers here to the person who uses a still camera
I would translate it: PHOTOGRAPHE DE TOURNAGE
I work in the Broadcast industry in Canada and that's the term that we use.
I hope that this helps!
Here's a Wikipedia definition:
A still camera is a type of camera used to take photographs. Traditional cameras capture light onto photographic film. Digital cameras use electronics, usually a charge coupled device (CCD) to store digital images in computer memory inside the camera. The digital image can be transferred to a computer for later processing.

Isabelle F. Brunet
Local time: 14:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci à tous !
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much for your help and for sharing your experience!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: i'm sure you're right for CA, not quite so sure if that term is used as much over here in France.
7 mins
agree  Simo Blom
3 hrs
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