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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

photo montage

English translation:

photo montage

Added to glossary by Josephine79
Sep 22, 2005 19:23
19 yrs ago
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French term

photo montage

Non-PRO French to English Art/Literary Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
A caption on a photo to show that it's a combination of different elements not snap shot from real life. (Like my head on Kate Moss's body would be, for example.)

Discussion

Don't worry, it happens! Hehe, it's OK, at least you chose the answer with the exact same phrase you meant to choose! ;-)
Josephine79 Sep 25, 2005:
Oops - gremlins at work, sorry, MT I meant for you to have the points....
Non-ProZ.com (asker) Sep 23, 2005:
Caption Yes, it is the "small print" at the bottom of the photo - there is no other caption.
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) Sep 22, 2005:
Frankly, for a good answer, one would have to see the picture...otherwise a literal will do
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) Sep 22, 2005:
Do you mean that the Term you are asking is used a photo caption? Just that term?

Proposed translations

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photo montage

its the same term in English

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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "No wonder I couldn't think of a way to say it: it was too obvious. Thanks, you beat Richard to the point by 60 seconds."
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photo montage

It's the same in English.

Main Entry: 1mon·tage Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: (primarystress)män.|täzh, -tadotzh
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: French montage, from monter to mount + -age -- more at MOUNT
1 a : the act or photographic process of combining several distinct pictures so that they often blend with or into each other to produce a composite picture which may or may not appear to be made up of separate pictures b : a picture made by montage

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Note added at 9 mins (2005-09-22 19:32:48 GMT)
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Known colloquially as "PhotoCHopping" ;-)

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Peer comment(s):

agree Richard Hedger : you beat me to it by 1 min.!
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It happens all the time ;-) Thanks!
agree Bianca Jacobsohn
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overlays and inserts

Domaine(s) : - photographie
traitement photographique


français
anglais

photomontage n. m.
overlays and inserts


Définition :
Assemblage de photographies reconstituant un sujet ou groupant plusieurs éléments. Utilisé par exemple pour combiner photo et dessin en vue de créer une affiche publicitaire.


Note(s) :
Les photomontages sont obtenus à l'agrandissement en superposant plusieurs clichés ou en réunissant sur un même support diverses épreuves. On rephotographie ensuite cet assemblage pour obtenir un négatif d'où on peut tirer les copies définitives
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superimposed

Wouldn't your head be superimposed on Kate Moss' body? I always thought a photo montage was a grouping of photos, say in an album or in a slideshow...something along those lines.
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