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note d'adaptation

English translation: adaptation note

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French term or phrase:note d'adaptation
English translation:adaptation note
Entered by: Yolanda Broad

18:05 Sep 9, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
French term or phrase: note d'adaptation
Hi everyone,

I need help with translating "note d'adaptation" in English, I find "adaptation note" clumsy, but since I don't know if the doc has been written by the producer or the director, I can't use "director's/or/producer's note".

The context is the screenplay adaptation of a book in its first story development stage -- before the "traitements" and "dialogués".

Any ideas??

Thanks a lot in advance :)
Word Pass
France
Local time: 12:28
adaptation note
Explanation:
Adaptation note works for either "to" or "by" and fits the economical phrasing of the French.
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Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 06:28
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Summary of answers provided
4Note from the adaptor(s)
Lara Barnett
3 +1adaptation note
Yolanda Broad
4adaptor's note
Zlancelot
2note which refers to the adaptation
Barbara Cochran, MFA


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
note d\'adaptation
note which refers to the adaptation


Explanation:
Maybe.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 06:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Barbara, this is helpful - but I actually need a short, to-the-point title -- sorry I should have specified :)

Asker: ... and thanks also to Nikki !!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: I would read this to mean that the note simply describes the fact that the piece has been adapted. I would not take this to provide any information about the adaptation itself, something which I do read into the French.
19 hrs
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
note d\'adaptation
Note from the adaptor(s)


Explanation:
I guess you would need to find out if this should be plural or singular, but "(s)" may work at the end of the line.

eg.

"A note from the adaptor:
In the spring of last year, Jen told me about a 1927 play she found. She’d been trying to get the rights to Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal and since they weren’t available, she ...."
http://randomaccesstheatre.weebly.com/uploads/6/4/7/0/647057...



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Note added at 44 mins (2017-09-09 18:50:11 GMT)
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"A note from the Adaptor:
“Pinocchio is at first glance a sprawling adventure, with magical creatures and journeys into wonderful and strange situations– and yet at its core what makes this story endure is the way it explorers the love of family, and the challenges and many pitfalls we encounter when we are growing up. Pinocchio is great for kids– but really it is for adults who remember how hard it was to grow up, or wonder if they ever really did.” – Tyler Beattie"
http://www.filamenttheatre.org/pinocchio-dna/

Example sentence(s):
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Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Lara and Lorraine for your helpful input...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lorraine Dubuc: It could also mean a note to the Adaptor, a remark regarding the meaning it should be adapted to.
2 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
adaptation note


Explanation:
Adaptation note works for either "to" or "by" and fits the economical phrasing of the French.

Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 06:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks Yolanda, you've given me the confidence to use it :) for some reason it sounded odd to my ear at first, but now I find it does the job :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway
676 days
  -> Thanks.
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14 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
adaptor's note


Explanation:
I think this sounds the most elegant in English. Can you ascertain how many adaptors there are?

Zlancelot
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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