Apr 9, 2009 08:03
15 yrs ago
French term
France
Localisation and content creation
Native in: English (Variants: British, New Zealand, UK, French, US, Australian, UK, US, British, New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, English
le dessin de lettres est un système trop général pour moi.
French to English
Art/Literary
Printing & Publishing
typography, design
A desginer talking about typography, Kalle Mattson.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | typeface design is too general a discipline for me |
B D Finch
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| 5 | Letter drawing is too general of a system for me |
Svetlana Hure
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| 4 +1 | Typeface design is not specialised enough for me |
Anne-Marie Grant (X)
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| 3 | lettering is a too common device for my liking |
Euqinimod (X)
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Proposed translations
+3
15 mins
Selected
typeface design is too general a discipline for me
The last part of this, however, seems to make little sense. Typeface design is a highly specialised and skilled profession. Just look at the really dreadful design of most of the typefaces supplied with MS Office! Perhaps the writer lacked an understanding of the difference between good and bad design?
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
9 mins
Svetlana Hure
Native in English
Works in field
On-time reliable translation
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: French to English, Russian to English, English to Russian, and 1 more.
Letter drawing is too general of a system for me
Or: For me, letter drawing is too general of a system.
Really would have to see a whole paragraph to grasp the style of the writer...
Really would have to see a whole paragraph to grasp the style of the writer...
+1
37 mins
Typeface design is not specialised enough for me
Another way of expressing the idea.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Helen Shiner
: Yes, I like this too, but still don't know what the author could possibly mean, as BD Finch says.
4 hrs
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1 hr
lettering is a too common device for my liking
Another point of view.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
B D Finch
: Lettering is not a "device" but, that quibble apart, you could be right and it might well be lettering rather than typeface design.
38 mins
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