thumbnail

French translation: minature, vignette

09:21 Oct 19, 2007

English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)

English term or phrase: thumbnail

J'ai besoin de vos avis concernant ce terme utilisé dans des phrases comme : "the page name will be displayed along with a thumbnail view of the page being adjusted. 2 page names and 2 thumbnail images reflecting adjacent pages will be shown." C'est une description d'un écran de fonction de commande d'une rotative. Dans un doc de référence, ce terme a été traduit par onglet, alors que je pense plutôt à vignette par exemple. Qu'en pensez-vous ?

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Local time: 18:01

French translation:minature, vignette

Explanation:
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miniature, désolé

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Note added at 1 min (2007-10-19 09:23:04 GMT)
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onglet, c'est plutôt tab....

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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 18:01

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minature, vignette

GILLES MEUNIER

3 +3

aperçu

Tony M

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peer agreement (net): +13

minature, vignette

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 18:01
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 2705

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Merci de votre aide

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

aperçu

Explanation:
You often find this term in graphics contexts, for example, the preview screen prior to printing in various apps.

I know it doesn't strictly speaking imply a *small* image, but in this printing context, it probably isn't actually a tiny image, but simply a sketchy one (which is after all what thumbnail really means — a rough 'thumbnail' sketch, with no specific reference to its size)

Tony M
France
Local time: 18:01
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agree

Fabien Champême: C'est une autre possibilité et l'explication est convaincante.

25 mins

-> Merci, Fabien !

agree

Alain Berton (X): Finalement, je préfère.

4 hrs

-> Merci, Alain !

neutral

GILLES MEUNIER: It corresponds to preview. Here is just a very small view. The preview is not necessarily small...

1 day 4 hrs

-> Yes, Gilles, but in printing, the aperçu need not be all THAT small, and don't forget that a thumbnail in EN doesn't HAVE to be small

agree

sylviab: convaincant en effet, alors qu' "imagette" se voit plutôt en appl. photo

3 days 6 hrs

-> Merci, Sylvia ! En effet, je crois que dans le sens voulu ici, il s'agit de la QUALITÉ de cette image (style brouillon) plutôt que de sa TAILLE.

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