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English translation: graphic identity / graphic theme / graphic style guide / visual style guide

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17:00 Dec 13, 2010

French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)

French term or phrase: charte graphique

proposition de service pour site web. On propose de concevoir la "charte graphique".

jane bonnin

English translation:graphic identity / graphic theme / graphic style guide / visual style guide

Explanation:
graphic identity / graphic theme graphic style guide / visual style guide

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1294320
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/photography_imag...

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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/media_multimedia...

Selected response from:

mohanv
India
Local time: 18:42

Grading comment

Thanks for this. I like the feel of graphic identity and graphic style guide in particular.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

graphic charter

cc in nyc

3 +3

graphic identity / graphic theme / graphic style guide / visual style guide

mohanv

Answers

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

graphic charter

Explanation:
Termium and GDT give "graphic charter." Also, along the same lines, see "graphic/visual identity," Catherine Cellier-Smart's term on another thread (http://fra.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/advertising_publ... ).

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Here are the links for:<br>
Termium: http://btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=e...'texts'%20)&dom=KBl
<br>GDT: http://www.granddictionnaire.com (and then enter "charte graphique")

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Note added at 23 mins (2010-12-13 17:23:40 GMT)
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<sorry about the extraneous HTML characters>

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Note added at 27 mins (2010-12-13 17:27:33 GMT)
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I'm even more sorry that Proz has garbled the URL for the Termium entry for "graphic charter," but the GDT should suffice. (What is it with Proz and these URLs?)

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Note added at 33 mins (2010-12-13 17:33:45 GMT)
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New source, prompted by PhilGoddard's comment:
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28057&URL_DO=DO_PR...

cc in nyc
Local time: 09:12
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

philgoddard: I may be wrong, but I'm not convinced by "graphic charter". Many of the Google hits it gets are translations//No, I was agreeing with "graphic/visual identity".

13 mins

-> Phil, you clicked "agree" but I think you meant to disagree. Not to worry, I appreciate your comment in any case. Plus it has prompted me to seek another source, which I will post. EDIT: Thank you again, Phil. That's really CC-S's term (but I did find it)

agree

Tony M: I think this is probably appropriate in this particualr context, but I have also seen it translated as 'graphics manual/guide'; I think 'charte' is used more often in FR than 'charter' in EN. URLs often work OK, but just look truncated...

36 mins

-> Thank you for your comment. BTW, I only complain about the URLs when they don't work... properly!

neutral

Miranda Joubioux: Having worked for a company that designed websites I can safely say that I wouldn't use "graphics charter"

42 mins

-> Thank you for your comment (another broken "disagree" button?)

neutral

Martin Cassell: horrible calque ! I would never use this, at least in the UK // it's an observation; I wouldn't, but clearly someone somewhere does use it

1 hr

-> Thank you for your comment (and yet another broken "disagree" button)

agree

Mark Nathan: I think I asked this question myself years ago.

3 hrs

-> Thank you for your comment. I missed your previous post.

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

graphic identity / graphic theme / graphic style guide / visual style guide

mohanv
India
Local time: 18:42
Native speaker of:

Tamil
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks for this. I like the feel of graphic identity and graphic style guide in particular.

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