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Assistant tournages

English translation: Production assistant


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20:50 Jul 27, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
French term or phrase: Assistant tournages
In the context of a CV for someone who has worked on feature films and short films, can anyone confirm for me whether or not 'Assistant tournages" corresponds to "Production assistant"?

Thanks in advance for your help.
lch1908
English translation:Production assistant
Explanation:
Yes, unless there is any other context to refute this, it would certainly be the most usual translation of this role — you may be able to glean cliues from the order of this person's experience: how far along their career path were they at this stage?
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Tony M
France
Local time: 07:50
Grading comment
Apologies for the delay in grading. Having requested clarification from the client, it turns out that 'production assistant' was the most appropriate translation for the context in question, so thank you Tony for giving me confidence in my suggestion. And thank you to everyone else for taking the time to help out.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2Production assistant
Tony M
3 +1assistant director
Thomas Carey
4 -1first (or second) assistant cameraman
Clarissa Hull


Discussion entries: 2





  

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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
assistant director


Explanation:
Hi,

A production assistant in French is assistant producteur/assistant de production/assistant aux producteurs. By "Assistant tournages", do you mean Assistant réalisateur which is an assistant director in English? This article may help, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmmaking#Production


    Reference: http://www.letudiant.fr/metiers/secteur/audiovisuel/assistan...
Thomas Carey
Local time: 07:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cc in nyc: http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/fra/collection/film/?id=55474 has "Assistant tournage"; the webpage toggles to http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=57632 which has "Assistant director"
2 hrs
neutral  Tony M: I think this may be promoting the person too much! And I think the ref. found by CC is an exception (on a small shoot, it is conceivable that the PA acts as an AD)
7 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Production assistant


Explanation:
Yes, unless there is any other context to refute this, it would certainly be the most usual translation of this role — you may be able to glean cliues from the order of this person's experience: how far along their career path were they at this stage?

Tony M
France
Local time: 07:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 299
Grading comment
Apologies for the delay in grading. Having requested clarification from the client, it turns out that 'production assistant' was the most appropriate translation for the context in question, so thank you Tony for giving me confidence in my suggestion. And thank you to everyone else for taking the time to help out.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Barbara!
agree  Just Opera
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, J/O!
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
first (or second) assistant cameraman


Explanation:
I agree that assistant director may sound too "big" for an "assistant de tournage". I would suggest first or second cameraman (as the case may be because they are quite different as well, see below).

http://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/100000169/CAMERA-DE...

http://www.startintv.com/jobs/clapper-loader-2nd-assistant-c...

Clarissa Hull
Switzerland
Local time: 07:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: No, this kind of asisstant is general, not specifically camera dept.
48 mins
  -> The descriptions given correspond to what an "assistant de tournages" does, at least in Geneva, Switzerland
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