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Fig.

French translation: fig.

19:11 May 9, 2017
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Printing & Publishing / Text about contemporary visual art
English term or phrase: Fig.
Pour "figure" en anglais qui renvoie a une image ou photo dans un catalogue d'expo par exemple, est-ce de meme en francais?. je veux simplement verifier
Merci
Karine Sarant
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:23
French translation:fig.
Explanation:
J'utiliserais la même abréviation.
http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/figure/33657

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Note added at 25 minutes (2017-05-09 19:37:11 GMT)
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Avec une majuscule, bien évidemment si le mot est en début de phrase ou sous l'image ou la photo.
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Bernard Moret
France
Local time: 13:23
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5fig.
Bernard Moret
4illustration
Isabelle Cluzel
4Img.
david henrion


Discussion entries: 1





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fig.
illustration


Explanation:
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Isabelle Cluzel
France
Local time: 13:23
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci donc il aucune abreviation pour ce mot? Merci beaucoup

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fig.
Img.


Explanation:
Fig est une abréviation, je réponds par une abréviation.

david henrion
France
Local time: 13:23
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 7
Notes to answerer
Asker: Okay merci beaucoup!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Have to say I have never once encountered this in a formal FR document.
13 mins
  -> I was not so good on that one.
neutral  Jennifer Levey: "Fig." can refer to something which is not an "image". A chart or graph, for example.
1 hr
  -> yes you're perfectly right
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
fig.
fig.


Explanation:
J'utiliserais la même abréviation.
http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/figure/33657

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Note added at 25 minutes (2017-05-09 19:37:11 GMT)
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Avec une majuscule, bien évidemment si le mot est en début de phrase ou sous l'image ou la photo.

Bernard Moret
France
Local time: 13:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: This is what I see all the time in FR documents I translate into EN.
1 min
  -> Thank you, Tony!
agree  Nathalie Stewart: Exact. "fig." est l'abréviation de "figure" et ne porte pas de majuscule en français (sauf en début de ligne)
3 mins
  -> Merci Nathalie !
agree  sporran
50 mins
  -> Merci Sporran !
agree  Jennifer Levey: Years ago I was chief editor of a bi-lingual academic journal, and we used "Fig." in both French and English. And we used upper-case "F" in the French text in expressions such as "Au centre de la Fig. 3, on perçoit ..."
1 hr
  -> Thank you Robin!
agree  Annie Rigler
13 hrs
  -> Merci Annie !
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