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French: épreuve avant-tirage

English translation: final proofs







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French term or phrase:épreuve avant-tirage
English translation:final proofs
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Tech/Engineering - Printing & Publishing / different types of proofs
French term or phrase: épreuve avant-tirage
In an appendix to tender documents dealing with inspection and approval procedures.

The above phrase is in a heading, the full text of which is "Réception technique préalable de la première épreuve et de l'épreuve avant-tirage de la documentation technique."

Unfortunaely it then provides no further context!
transatgees
United Kingdom
final proofs
Explanation:
is the term used in editorial situations...used to say
BLUES......and very few changes are made at this point...the word tirage is not used in the English..iue print or printing

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Note added at 39 mins (2004-09-13 14:12:19 GMT)
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FINAL PROOFS< BLUES OR PRINTER\'S PROOFS...in the US

... The last thing we see before the magazine goes on the press is a set of final proofs
printed in blue - the \"blues,\" or \"bluelines.\" This is the point of no ...
www.rentalmanagementmag.com/ ARCHIVES/SortedFiles/Alm/edit11.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

Beverly Lowry Papers
... OVS #1, 67-75. Come Back, Lolly Ray. Final Galley Proofs. OVS #2, 76-83. ... Daddy\'s
Girl. Page Proofs, Corrected. ... \"Llavots Willy-Nilly\", 8, 77. \"Post Oak Blues\", 8, ...
info.lib.uh.edu/sca/collections/faids/html/lowry.html - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

Pricing
... \"Per unit\" costs will be applied to final numbers of each unit. Normally,
corrections/changes to the printer’s proofs (Blues) will not be charged, unless ...
www.bookdesign.com/html/pricing.html - 39k - Cached - Similar pages



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Note added at 40 mins (2004-09-13 14:13:24 GMT)
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SORRY, they do say PRINTER\"S PROOFS....or BLUES but in some orgs they call it final proofs

anyway:

FINAL: BLUES OR PRINTER\'S PROOFS
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz
United States
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1final proofs
Jane Lamb-Ruiz
5Press proof
Michel Lévy
4galley proof/final proof
Petre Muresan


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Press proof

Explanation:
Press Proof - Defining Press Proofs as Used in Desktop Publishing
A press proof uses the actual printing plates and printing inks of the final
job. ... Related Press Proof Resources. Press Checks & Proofs. ...
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Prepress Proof - Defining Prepress Proofs for Desktop Publishing
... Unlike a press proof, the prepress proof does not use the actual printing inks therefore
color proofs may not be quite as accurate as a press proof. ...
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Press proof definition of Press proof. What is Press proof? ...
Definition of Press proof in the Online Dictionary. Press proof explanation. Information
about Press proof in Free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ...
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Press Proof ~ Printing Pilot Plant
Press Proof. Drop Ins. Cut paper sheets are dropped into a running web printing
press. Now an alternative to one color laboratory press proofs. ...
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definition of press proof - BrainyDictionary
definition of press proof, Press proof The last proof for correction before
sending to press. A proof taken on a press, esp. to show ...
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Michel Lévy
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
final proofs

Explanation:
is the term used in editorial situations...used to say
BLUES......and very few changes are made at this point...the word tirage is not used in the English..iue print or printing

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Note added at 39 mins (2004-09-13 14:12:19 GMT)
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FINAL PROOFS< BLUES OR PRINTER\'S PROOFS...in the US

... The last thing we see before the magazine goes on the press is a set of final proofs
printed in blue - the \"blues,\" or \"bluelines.\" This is the point of no ...
www.rentalmanagementmag.com/ ARCHIVES/SortedFiles/Alm/edit11.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

Beverly Lowry Papers
... OVS #1, 67-75. Come Back, Lolly Ray. Final Galley Proofs. OVS #2, 76-83. ... Daddy\'s
Girl. Page Proofs, Corrected. ... \"Llavots Willy-Nilly\", 8, 77. \"Post Oak Blues\", 8, ...
info.lib.uh.edu/sca/collections/faids/html/lowry.html - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

Pricing
... \"Per unit\" costs will be applied to final numbers of each unit. Normally,
corrections/changes to the printer’s proofs (Blues) will not be charged, unless ...
www.bookdesign.com/html/pricing.html - 39k - Cached - Similar pages



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Note added at 40 mins (2004-09-13 14:13:24 GMT)
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SORRY, they do say PRINTER\"S PROOFS....or BLUES but in some orgs they call it final proofs

anyway:

FINAL: BLUES OR PRINTER\'S PROOFS

Jane Lamb-Ruiz
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 29
Note from asker to answerer
Thank you

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agree palani
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
galley proof/final proof

Explanation:
Premiere epreuve=galley proof, epr.av.tirage=final proof

Petre Muresan
Romania
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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