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French: comme annoncier

English translation: advertiser







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French term or phrase:annoncier
English translation:advertiser
Entered by:Jason Willis-Lee
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Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
French term or phrase: comme annoncier
Preface from a photographer's book of latest work...

Ce qui frappe, dans ces Photographies de Personnalités Politiques pour lesquelles Raymond X m’a fait l’honneur de me demander un avant-propos, c’est à la fois l’universalité du regard du photographe et l’importance qu’il accorde à ce qu’on pourrait appeler les « héros » ce qui explique peut-être qu’il s’est tourné, ***comme annoncier***, vers un laborieux portraitiste des grands de ce monde…
Jason Willis-Lee
Spain
as an advertiser
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c'est generalement la traduction utilisee...
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romainlaine
United States
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4 +1as an advertiserromainlaine
3as announcer/preface writer/to introduce his workEmma Paulay
3as a copywriter/ not unlike a copywriterSwatchka


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
as an advertiser

Explanation:
c'est generalement la traduction utilisee...

romainlaine
United States
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PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
as a copywriter/ not unlike a copywriter

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Annoncier
, -IÈRE n. XIXe siècle. Dérivé d'annonce.Personne qui, dans une entreprise de publicité ou dans un journal, rédige les annonces ou les dispose typographiquement.
http://www.patrimoine-de-france.org/mots/mots-acade-4-1831.h...


copywriter
One entry found for copywriter.

Main Entry: copy·writ·er
Pronunciation: 'kä-pE-"rI-t&r
Function: noun
: a writer of advertising or publicity copy
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Swatchka
Spain
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as announcer/preface writer/to introduce his work

Explanation:
The last phrase suggests that the person writing the preface is referring to him/herself - the "laborieux portraitiste"?

Or forget the noun, and say "to introduce his work.."

Emma Paulay
France
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