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English translation: Sketch artist

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French term or phrase:	Roughman
English translation:	Sketch artist
Entered by:	lch1908

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20:45 Jul 27, 2011

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Advertising / Public Relations

French term or phrase: Roughman

I'm currently translating a CV and am having difficulties with a few terms.

- The person describes themselves as a "Roughman" and "Storyboarder". I'm translating "Storyboarder" as "Storyboard artist" but am unsure about "Roughman".

I've found the following definition:

À partir des instructions des créatifs, il réalise les roughs (prononcez "reufs"), c’est-à-dire les esquisses d’un spot ou d’une annonce. Le dessin ou croquis doit être le plus précis possible pour donner une idée juste de la campagne envisagée et guider le travail du photographe, du cameraman ou du maquettiste. Le roughman exerce la plupart du temps en free-lance et doit se constituer lui-même sa clientèle auprès des agences de pub et des directeurs artistiques. (http://www.letudiant.fr/metiers/secteur/marketing-publicite/...

Termium proposes "layout artist", but this doesn't seem to correspond exactly to the definition of a roughman (too much focus on layout, not any original drawing).

The following definition of a storyboard artist seems to correspond better:

In advertising, the storyboard artist can be called upon to create a representation of what the finished TV commercial, or spot, will look like in order to persuade and engage the client to buy the concept being pitched. This can either be at the time the agency is trying to win the client's business or once the client has signed on with the agency. In either case, the important element is for the storyboards to visualize for the client what the agency's creative director or "creatives" are thinking will sell the client's product. A storyboard artist may also be asked to visually represent several versions of a campaign for print ads. This gives a client a chance to choose between variations and allows them to be included in the creative process.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyboard_artist).

Could it be that a "roughman" is a "storyboard artist" in the advertising industry and a "storyboarder" is a "storyboard artist" in the film industry?

Any confirmation/suggestions would be gratefully received.

lch1908

Sketch artist

Explanation:
As an alternative to storyboard artist.

http://www.careerjet.ae/artist-jobs/dubai-123161.html

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This often seems to be prefixed by "freehand" and that could perhaps be the difference as I believe a lot of this artwork is produced on computers nowadays

Selected response from:

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 16:48

Grading comment

Apologies for the delay in grading. I actually went for 'concept artist' in the end, but 'sketch artist' was certainly another possibility, and it was your suggestion that put me on the right path.
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Sketch artist

Sheila Wilson

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roughman

Verginia Ophof

All references seem to be of French origin

Sheila Wilson

Discussion entries: 1

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9 hrs confidence:

Sketch artist

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 16:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Apologies for the delay in grading. I actually went for 'concept artist' in the end, but 'sketch artist' was certainly another possibility, and it was your suggestion that put me on the right path.

Reference comments

10 mins peer agreement (net): +2

Reference: roughman

Reference information:
roughman (n.)

esquisseur (JO)

analogic tree △

Editeurs[Domaine]

sous-domaines[Domaine]

Communication[Domaine]

commission de la culture et de la communication[Domaine]

Publicité[Domaine]

roughman — esquisseur[Analogie]

commission de la culture et de la communication[Domaine]

Publicité[Domaine]

rough — crayonné, esquisse[Analogie]

roughman (n.)

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esquisseur /ǝski.sœʁ/

(Commerce) Dessinateur chargé de réaliser des esquisses à la demande.

http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/esquisseur

Reference: http://translation.sensagent.com/roughman/en-fr/

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

9 hrs

Reference: All references seem to be of French origin

Reference information:
It does seem to be a storyboard artist in English which of course makes the translation of the two terms together a little tricky

LISTE ALPAHABETIQUE DES METIERS
Note: this list is long, but not exhaustive, as many of these jobs have
subdivisions and new jobs are being created .... chef de pub en agence head of
advertising ..... roughman person who does rough storyboards. routier truck
driver ...
http://www.frenchteacher.net/alevel/Y12metiers.doc

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

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