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French to English Cinema, Film, TV, Drama Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
obligé solidairement		Jointly (and severally) liable/responsible
oeuvres confidentielles		lesser-known works
onirique		romanticise
opérateur magnéto		VT operator / VT op.	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
outre-noir		extremely film-noir
ovni culte		cult UFO (unidentified filmic object)
PAD, prêt à diffuser		ready-to-air, or ready for air (TV)
PAF		Paysage audiovisuelle français
panouille		Stupid, junk movies.
par la culotte et par la chemise		got into his shoes
par Toutatis		By Toutatis	Kimberly De Haan
Entered by: Kimberly De Haan
passage latéral large de la voiture		wide shot of car passing	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
passages éclairs (TV)		2-minute spots/ short spots
pastille d'animation		animated interstitial
pôle autonome		independent force
pelle à verre		glass spade/shovel	Stephen Rifkind
Entered by: Stephen Rifkind
pellicule film		cinematograph(ic) film
permanence d’activité et de vie		working and living quarters
permettant d'aboutir aux levées de réserves		making it possible to lift reservations/allay concerns	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
photo détournée		(digitally) altered photo	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
photographies fixes		stills
pige antenne		broadcast centralised checking service
pistes d’ambiances		ambient soundtrack
plaisant de cour		(court) jester
plan		shot
plan beauté		beauty shot
plan vivant		live shot	Wyley Powell
Entered by: Wyley Powell
plans d’ambiance		Establishing shot / atmospheric establishing shot	Lara Barnett
Entered by: Lara Barnett
plans d\'illustration		establishing shots
plans subjectifs en mini DV		'subjective camera' shots on mini DV
plateau		set	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
plateau de lancement		Television studio
plein pieds, arrivee de droite		full-length shot, coming into frame from the right
point de vue		viewpoint	Assimina Vavoula
Entered by: Assimina Vavoula
pointe à son tour le risque merveilleux		Moti, in turn, takes the marvellous risk ...
pont de contre		upstage truss
porteur en main à main		under-stander or bottom man
Pour que vive la part Maudite		That Evil May Live
pré minutage		pre-timing, projected runtime	Nick Lingris
Entered by: Nick Lingris
pré-bible		pre-bible/mini-bible	Jenny Duthie
Entered by: Jenny Duthie

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