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cadre et hors champ

English translation: in frame and out of frame

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French term or phrase:cadre et hors champ
English translation:in frame and out of frame
Entered by: Rachel Ward

16:51 Feb 1, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Art - photography
French term or phrase: cadre et hors champ
All the translations I've come up with so far for this are far too wordy to fit into this list. Any pithier suggestions would be very welcome. The best I can do so far is "inside and outside" which seems a little dull in comparison.


Dans ses photographies, nombre de frontières sont questionnées : vie et mort, matière et esprit, cadre et hors-champ, sujet et objet, signe et substitut, réalité et fiction…
Rachel Ward
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:16
in frame and out of frame
Explanation:
http://www.galerie-photo.com/termes_techniques_francais_angl...
cadre = frame
hors champ = out of frame

http://www.samsung.com/us/news/19727
"... alerts the user with an audible noise when the subject is in frame."
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Marc Quantin
France
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Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +6in frame and out of frame
Marc Quantin


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
in frame and out of frame


Explanation:
http://www.galerie-photo.com/termes_techniques_francais_angl...
cadre = frame
hors champ = out of frame

http://www.samsung.com/us/news/19727
"... alerts the user with an audible noise when the subject is in frame."

Marc Quantin
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patrickfor
25 mins
agree  Tony M: 'in and out of frame' would probably be even more snappy
2 hrs
agree  Yarri K
3 hrs
agree  Lorraine Dubuc
6 hrs
agree  Daniel Weston
11 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
17 hrs
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