soldat de l’image
English translation: foot-soldier of the image
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| 10:31 Feb 13, 2009 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Helen Shiner United Kingdom Local time: 16:02 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | combat (or military) photographer (or cameraman) |
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| 4 | front line photographer |
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| 3 +1 | what is "la"? |
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| 4 | war photographer |
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| 4 | foot-soldier of the image |
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| 3 | snapshotter/keen photographer/roving photographic enthusiast |
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| Albert Plécy |
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front line photographer Explanation: I think that would fit |
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59 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1what is "la"? Explanation: In "pour ... la promouvoir dans la presse écrite"??? Is it "image", or something that precedes your quote? If "image", then I feel you might have to stress the aspect of "someone who strives/fights/goes through hell to get images/photos". I also feel "image" here has a more intense meaning than just "photo". Sure, photos are a means of conveying an image, but I think it's the CONTENT, the FEELING of the image that is being referred to here (this is me sentiment without fuller context, remember), not the mere support on which that is captured or portrayed. Defender of (the right to benefit from) images? Image sentinel? Champion of graphic portrayal? |
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war photographer Explanation: A common English description for one who photographs conflicts and takes the same risks as a soldier. |
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snapshotter/keen photographer/roving photographic enthusiast Explanation: i think soldat de l'image can mean "chasseur d'images", someone who is on the lookout for... |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1combat (or military) photographer (or cameraman) Explanation: Soldat de l'image is not a civilian war correspndent. He is a uniformed soldier employed by the Military public relations branch to provide photos, film clips and video for distribution to the media in order to enhance the PR effort. See reference for description of French military example. In Canada, the web site for such photos and video is called "combat camera". In the past fifty years, the US term "combat" has generally replaced the term "military" or "battle" or "war" in describing such functions. Reference: http://www.defense.gouv.fr/ecpad/decouverte/presentation_de_... |
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7 days confidence:
foot-soldier of the image Explanation: As requested, Charles. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 days (2009-02-20 19:32:12 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Thanks again, Charles! |
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Reference comments
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| Reference: Albert Plécy Reference information: As journalist and war correspondent during WWII's Italian campaign, Albert Plécy became aware of the power of an image, a witness to the ugliness of war. On his return to civilian life, he used his experience to promote the use of images in the press as a journalist, and then as Editor in Chief at the Parisien Libéré. http://www.cathedrale-images.com/uk/iframe_fondateur_01.htm Pour la campagne d’Italie, une équipe du SCA, dirigée par le sous-lieutenant Albert Plécy, est détachée auprès du Corps expéditionnaire français (CEF) avec reporters photographes et cinéastes en nombre variable, et chargée de recueillir les prises de vues pour les besoins historiques et la confection du Journal de guerre ainsi que la projection de films récréatifs ou de propagande pour les troupes dans les cantonnements de repos. http://rha.revues.org/index3133.html Bendjebbar, André. Les cameramen et leurs appareils en 1914-1918. La Documentation par l'image, 03/2007, 164, p.5. Résumé : Le point , en 2007, sur les cameramen et leurs appareils durant la guerre de 1914-1918. Le "soldat de l'image", un cameraman professionnel face aux difficultés techniques et politiques pour filmer en temps de guerre. http://crdp.ac-bordeaux.fr/cddp64/pdf/Selections_thematiques... • Un « soldat de l’image » Depuis près d’un siècle, les reporters de l’ECPAD couvrent l’actualité de la Défense sur tous les théâtres d’opérations et dans la diversité des actions menées : les combats, la vie des unités (cérémonies, arrivées et départs des troupes…) et les opérations diverses (de maintien de l’ordre, à vocation humanitaire, liées à la reconstruction…). Envoyés sur les zones de conflit à la demande du Chef d’Etat-major des Armées, les reporters militaires de l’ECPAD intègrent sur place les unités dont ils partagent le quotidien. http://www.ecpad.fr/ecpa/Pagestat/imagesdefense/site_imdef/a... |
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