illustrator

Greek translation: εικονογράφος

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English term or phrase:	illustrator
Greek translation:	εικονογράφος
Entered by:	Daphne Theodoraki

19:04 Jul 16, 2006

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English term or phrase: illustrator

Μία απορία της τελευταίας στιγμής (παραδίδω..):

Υπάρχει άλλη μετάφραση του ανωτέρω όρου πλην του εικονογράφου;

Συγκείμενο:

X reviewed research demonstrating how the development of the use of speech-oriented gestures (illustrators) coincides with the development of spoken language.

Ευχαριστώ.

Ε.

Eftychia Stamatopoulou KudoZ activity Questions: 1953 (9 open) (83 without valid answers) (26 closed without grading) Answers: 137 Greece
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"εικονογράφος"

Explanation:
Μέρος συγκεκριμένης ορολογίας και θέλει αναγνωρίσιμη (άρα κάπως δουλική) μεταφορά στα ελληνικά.

Η χρήση θυμίζει λίγο όρους όπως "δείκτης", "ενδείκτης" κά.

Τα εισαγωγικά αρκούν για τη δήλωση της ασυνήθιστης χρήσης.

The concept of categorizing hand gesture is not a new one. The categories in this study vary from the widely accepted system put forth by Ekman and Frisen in 1972. These two gentlemen listed three categories of behavior: emblems, illustrators, and adaptors. Emblems can be directly translated into a word or phrase such as an A-OK sign or an obscene gesture. Illustrators accompany speech as ways to describe a particular situation or idea. Adaptors are body-focused gestures.

http://www.lycos.com/info/gestures.html

emblems, illustrators, and adaptors = "εμβλήματα" / "εικονογράφοι" / "προσαρμογείς"

Iconic gestures or illustrators are closely related to speech, illustrating what is being said, painting with the hands, for example when a person ...

changingminds.org/explanations/behaviors/body_language/gesture_type.htm

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Andras Mohay (X)
Local time: 05:16

Grading comment

Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ Andras.Κι εγώ έτσι το είχα αποδώσει. Καλή σου μέρα!
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"εικονογράφος"

Andras Mohay (X)

παραστατικός / περιγραφικός

kaydee

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παραστατικός / περιγραφικός

Explanation:
Μια πολύ απλή πρόταση, με κάθε επιφύλαξη, βάσει του ορισμού για το illustrator:

Gestures tied to speech, usually in awareness and informative. For example, gestures that demonstrate the nature of a circular staircase or how to light a match and cigarette.

(D. Lateiner, Sardonic Smile: Non verbal behaviour in Homeric epic, p. xviii)

kaydee
Local time: 06:16
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Greek

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peer agreement (net): +7

"εικονογράφος"

Andras Mohay (X)
Local time: 05:16
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Hungarian
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Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ Andras.Κι εγώ έτσι το είχα αποδώσει. Καλή σου μέρα!

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