Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

sens

English translation:

substance

Added to glossary by Verginia Ophof
Jan 12, 2013 16:58
11 yrs ago
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French term

sens

French to English Law/Patents General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Agreement for assignment of copyright
How do other Proz users understand 'sens' in this context?

"Monsieur XXX prend acte que la diffusion du magazine au format numérique peut nécessiter un réagencement de la présentation de l’article auquel il apporte sa contribution, voire une synthétisation du contenu visuel, ce que Monsieur XXX accepte dès à présent, dès lors que sa contribution ne s’en trouve pas elle-même modifiée, non plus que le sens."

It's talking about how the article in which photographs supplied to an inflight magazine will appear may have to have its layout changed around for the digital version of the magazine. The photographer is being asked to agree to this, on condition that both the photo itself and its "sens" remain unaltered. I'm not sure how a photograph can have a "meaning", so I'm wondering whether it could mean its literal orientation on the page. Is that at all likely? Is there a third option I'm missing? Previous similar questions seem to suggest that 'format' is a possibility - can anyone confirm that this would be the appropriate solution here?

Many thanks in advance.
Change log

Feb 12, 2013 15:22: Verginia Ophof Created KOG entry

Discussion

Verginia Ophof Jan 12, 2013:
agree with Victoria direction layout
Victoria Britten Jan 12, 2013:
back to front? Could it mean not printing it with left and right switched?

Proposed translations

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substance

meaning - message -essence
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Peer comment(s):

agree Daryo : meaning - pictures do have a meaning derived from their content and from the surrounding context // only the most lousy amateur would start gratuitously rotating or flipping a picture.
8 hrs
Thank you Daryo !
disagree Victoria Britten : Who defines the meaning of an image? And how can one change that? // @Daryo: Though it may be the work of "lousy amateurs", one quite often sees photos with, for example, people wearing wedding rings on the "wrong" hand for that country/tradition.
1 day 3 hrs
agree F-D : “le sens” refers to the meaning of the article, not of the photographs (it says just before that the photographs themselves won’t be modified, but “synthétisation du contenu visuel” may mean that they won’t all be included).
25 days
Thank you F-D !!
agree Yvonne Gallagher : yep, substance seems the best word here, the substance of the message/meaning
29 days
Thank you gallagy2 !!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
15 hrs

sense

Often used in this sense in these sorts of generl text.
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21 hrs

impact/effect

how it affects the reader and how it fits in with the context
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1 day 2 hrs

orientation

To change the orientation of an image is to flip or rotate it. Image editors are capable of altering an image to be rotated in any direction and to any degree. Mirror images can be created and images can be horizontally flipped or vertically flopped.
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