documentalista en la seccion de infografia
English translation: documentalist in the computer graphics department
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| 4 | researcher at the (newspaper) design department |
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| 4 | documentalist in the computer graphics department |
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researcher at the (newspaper) design department Explanation: Curriculum Vitae - ... Seminarios de infografia y periodismo grafico (desde 1992) ... -Premio de la Society of Newspaper Design en su edicion 16 ... usuarios.lycos.es/enriquekrause/CVkrause.htm |
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| The asker has declined this answer Comment: Thanks for the input. I think your term would have worked, but I feel a little safer with "documentalist." | ||
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documentalist in the computer graphics department Explanation: Documentalists are specialised librarians. They do a lot of research, but they aren't formally 'investigadores'. 'Infography' is also used, but is not nearly so well-known as 'computer graphics'. |
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researcher Explanation: without having more info, I think this is what the position would be -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 mins (2005-04-25 03:58:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I also found in Eurodicautom: Documentalist; Information Officer; among other equivalent terms. Basically the person in this position gathers(researches) and disseminates information for an organization. The term \"documentalista\" is rather new and its equivalent form is also gaining popularity in other languages. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2005-04-25 04:00:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Note: Documentalistas not only work in newspapers but also in other organizations and cooperate closely with librarians and journalists (journalists if the organization in question is a newspaper, magazine or the like). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 26 mins (2005-04-25 04:07:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In the traditional sense, \"documentalista\" is also used to describe a person who shoots documentaries. For example, I found a mention of Michael Moore (Who shot Fahrenheit 911)as \"documentalista\" in \"El Nuevo Herald.\" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 33 mins (2005-04-25 04:13:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Note: Since \"Infografia\" can be translated as Infography, in the context you provide, you can translate the segment as \"Documentalist in the Infography Division\" (Department). In this capacity, the documentalist acts as a researcher and then some... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 35 mins (2005-04-25 04:16:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Fields of Knowledge: Infography Fields of Knowledge: Infography Fields of Knowledge: Infography This online reference tool helps students, librarians, and teachers find sources of information about a wide range of subjects selected by experts in the field. Citations only. ...www.fieldsofknowledge.com/index.html - More from this site -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 49 mins (2005-04-26 04:30:06 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- If you had read all of my answers, you would have seen that I gave several options and one of them was \"Documentalist in the Infography Division\" (at 33 minutes of the question being posed versus 6 hrs and 43mins for the other respondent) even though I had asked at one point what your destination was and about some possible confusion. |
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| The asker has declined this answer Comment: Thanks for all your input. I think your term would probably have worked as well, but I felt a little safer with "documentalist." (As far as I know, the term more frequently used for documentary film-makers is "documentarian.") | ||
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