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chapô

English translation: lead-in

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French term or phrase:chapô
English translation:lead-in
Entered by: Karen Stokes

11:17 Apr 8, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Printing & Publishing / Printing terms
French term or phrase: chapô
Dear translators,

In a draft text I am translating, there is a term in French [chapô]. It is located right above the text to be translated. How should I translate chapô?

Thank you. Myra Jacob.
Myra Jacob (X)
United States
Local time: 13:31
lead-in
Explanation:
It's the introductory paragraph (chapô = chapeau).
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Karen Stokes
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:31
Grading comment
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5lead-in
Karen Stokes
4 +3perhaps you shouldn't translate it
Graham macLachlan
4lede (or more rarely "lead")
Jim Tucker (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
lead-in


Explanation:
It's the introductory paragraph (chapô = chapeau).

Karen Stokes
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much for your help! Myra


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jim Tucker (X): yes that's it - thanks - other spelling below FWIW wiki makes a disctinction between a lead-in and a lede, the former applying to photo captions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead-in
7 mins
  -> Thanks, Jim
agree  Sandra Petch: absolutely!
15 mins
  -> Thanks, Sandra!
agree  Marcelina Haftka: Exactly.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks very much.
agree  Evi Prokopi (X)
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Tony M: Yes, it's just the introductory paragraph etc., often differentiated typographically in some way...
2 days 8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tony.
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lede (or more rarely "lead")


Explanation:
see link

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Note added at 34 mins (2007-04-08 11:51:54 GMT)
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The most important structural element of a story is the lede —namely contained in the story's first sentence. Lede (pronounced /lid/) is a traditional spelling, from the archaic English[1], used to avoid confusion with the printing press type formerly made from lead, or the typographical term "leading".[2] The lede is usually the first sentence, or in some cases the first two sentences, and is ideally 20-25 words in length.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_writing
Jim Tucker (X)
United States
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Graham macLachlan: you'd think a word like that would be in the OED// ... but it's more than that, it's a way of life!
7 hrs
  -> hey - a translator's supposed to use a descriptive dictionary! Put that thing down!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
perhaps you shouldn't translate it


Explanation:
It certainly sound like "chapeau de texte", if this is really the case, is it really part of the text to be translated or directions for printer or whoever is doing the layout (ie introduction has a different font size etc. compared to the body of the text)?

Graham macLachlan
Local time: 19:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker:


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X)
23 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Istvan Nagy
2 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Tony M: Yes, it's almost certainly a style instruction, so it depends what language the printer speaks!
2 days 24 mins
  -> Yup!
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