Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
textes à saisir
English translation:
text to be typed
Added to glossary by
zkt
Jun 18, 2007 04:01
16 yrs ago
French term
textes à saisir
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Printing & Publishing
Appel d'offres
Contexte:
"Textes sous forme de fichiers électroniques ou à saisir"
Peut-etre qu'il s'agit des textes à taper tout simplement?
"Textes sous forme de fichiers électroniques ou à saisir"
Peut-etre qu'il s'agit des textes à taper tout simplement?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | text to be typed |
zkt
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| 3 +4 | text to be entered |
Andrew Levine
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| 4 +2 | text to be keyed |
Tony M
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| 4 | texts to be input/texts for inputting |
Sarah Gall (X)
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| 3 -2 | texts to be seized |
Etienne Muylle Wallace
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Change log
May 21, 2008 12:47: zkt Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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14 mins
Selected
text to be typed
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Note added at 15 mins (2007-06-18 04:16:14 GMT)
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texts
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Note added at 15 mins (2007-06-18 04:16:14 GMT)
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texts
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This is the closest answer to what I actually used in my final text, but great thanks to everyone that helped!"
+4
14 mins
Andrew Levine
United States
United States
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text to be entered
Text which is yet to be entered (typed) in electronic files, as opposed to the ones which already are (forme de fichiers électroniques).
Note from asker:
| Thanks - even if it is not the term in printing context, as Tony said, the answer still helped me to decide. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
zkt
0 min
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| agree |
Paula McGowan
1 hr
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| neutral |
Tony M
: I would say 'entered' if it was filling in a field or a form, but I don't think the word sist very comfortably in this printing context
2 hrs
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| agree |
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
11 hrs
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| agree |
Euqinimod (X)
1 day 5 hrs
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-2
33 mins
Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Spain
Native in French
Spain
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, French
Works in: French to Catalan, French to Flemish, French to Spanish, and 24 more.
texts to be seized
a text on a message or file that you wish to "copy,: you mark it and seize it, or pick it up towards anotehr document
Note from asker:
| As it is opposed to "sous forme de fichiers électroniques", it cannot be a text on a message or file. |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Andrew Levine
: "Seized" has nothing to do with this use of "saisir."
1 hr
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| disagree |
Tony M
: Not in this context; not idiomatic in EN at all.
1 hr
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+2
2 hrs
text to be keyed
'to key' is a commonly-used expression in IT fields, meaning 'to type in'
Note from asker:
| Thanks! |
2 hrs
texts to be input/texts for inputting
Input is also frequently used for electronic typing
Note from asker:
| Thanks! |
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