Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
par bouclage
English translation:
per (completed) issue
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Oct 31, 2017 16:47
6 yrs ago
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French term
bouclage
French to English
Other
Journalism
presse
Je sais que ce terme a déjà été demandé sur Kudoz mais ...
Contexte :
"Les journalistes togolais sont mal rémunérés.
En fait on ne peut pas parler de salaire car dans la presse privée, un jeune reporter perçoit en moyenne xxx (10 USD) par bouclage."
Je ne pense pas que les termes "copy deadline" ou "completion date", "remnant advertising" peuvent s'appliquer dans cette phrase.
Peut-être pourrait-on dire "a young reporter receives an average of xxx dollars per off stone publication" or "per completed publication"?
Pourriez-vous m'aider?
Contexte :
"Les journalistes togolais sont mal rémunérés.
En fait on ne peut pas parler de salaire car dans la presse privée, un jeune reporter perçoit en moyenne xxx (10 USD) par bouclage."
Je ne pense pas que les termes "copy deadline" ou "completion date", "remnant advertising" peuvent s'appliquer dans cette phrase.
Peut-être pourrait-on dire "a young reporter receives an average of xxx dollars per off stone publication" or "per completed publication"?
Pourriez-vous m'aider?
Proposed translations
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| 2 | per (completed) issue |
Tony M
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| 4 | per preparation of the newspaper |
Francois Boye
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| 4 -1 | per finished article/for each article that she/he creates/comes up with |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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References
| fwiw, hth Larousse: |
writeaway
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Change log
Nov 3, 2017 08:20: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1343188">Cassandra Delacote's</a> old entry - "bouclage"" to ""per (completed) issue""
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
par bouclage
Selected
per (completed) issue
I think this just means 'an issue that is put to bed'; I don't really see any need to add 'completed', since by definition, an 'issue' isn't really an issue till it's been... issued!
I suspect they use 'bouclage' here because we don't know if this is a newspaper, magazine, or whatever, and whether it is a regular or occasional publication; in fact, 'publication' might be an even better solution in EN, for that very reason; not least, because it also to some extent at least suggests the notion of the 'appearance' of the publication as being the very last step of the 'bouclage' — going to press.
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Note added at 1 heure (2017-10-31 18:20:50 GMT)
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This would seem to me consistent with the pitifully small remuneration of $10 per issue — for which we may assume they might well have contributed more than one article; indeed, hardly what one could call a 'salary'!
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Note added at 2 jours6 heures (2017-11-02 23:04:37 GMT)
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There is another related term in this same filed that perhaps illustrates the usage here: 'parution' is the act of 'appearing' or 'coming out' — "When is the next issue of 'Home & Garden' coming out?"; but by extension, a 'parution' can also be 'that which comes out / is published' — an 'issue', 'number', etc.
I believe we have the same sort of thing here: 'bouclage' is 'the act of putting a newspaper to bed' (actually, in the sense of 'going to press'); but by extension in the same way, it can also refer to 'that which is put to bed' — some kind of publication.
I suspect they use 'bouclage' here because we don't know if this is a newspaper, magazine, or whatever, and whether it is a regular or occasional publication; in fact, 'publication' might be an even better solution in EN, for that very reason; not least, because it also to some extent at least suggests the notion of the 'appearance' of the publication as being the very last step of the 'bouclage' — going to press.
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Note added at 1 heure (2017-10-31 18:20:50 GMT)
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This would seem to me consistent with the pitifully small remuneration of $10 per issue — for which we may assume they might well have contributed more than one article; indeed, hardly what one could call a 'salary'!
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Note added at 2 jours6 heures (2017-11-02 23:04:37 GMT)
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There is another related term in this same filed that perhaps illustrates the usage here: 'parution' is the act of 'appearing' or 'coming out' — "When is the next issue of 'Home & Garden' coming out?"; but by extension, a 'parution' can also be 'that which comes out / is published' — an 'issue', 'number', etc.
I believe we have the same sort of thing here: 'bouclage' is 'the act of putting a newspaper to bed' (actually, in the sense of 'going to press'); but by extension in the same way, it can also refer to 'that which is put to bed' — some kind of publication.
Peer comment(s):
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
: Editors come up with "issues", not reporters. Reporters write articles, and often get paid no more than $10.00 (USD$) for them, depending on various factors.
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I feel sure this means that they only get paid a tiny amount howevere many individual articles they may have contributed; at least it is a plausible meaning for the source term. The whole point is it's like being a staff journo, but miserably paid.
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Anne Bohy
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Merci, Bohy !
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Jennifer White
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Thanks, Jennifer!
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GILLES MEUNIER
: ce n'est pas le sens de bouclage ici....
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As Writeaway has kindly pointed out, there really is only one sense for 'bouclage' in this sort of context. It comes from 'boucler' — to complete a loop or buckle something up. Whence 'wrapping up a newspaper' etc.
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
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per finished article/for each article that she/he creates/comes up with
Reference: Larousse Advanced French/English Dictionary
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: What justification have you for translating 'bouclage' as 'article' here? It bears no obvious relation to the normal meaning, and also makes little logical sense, given that this would actually imply quite a high rate for a young reporter in Togo.
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Francois Boye
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Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
per preparation of the newspaper
Peer comment(s):
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GILLES MEUNIER
1 day 16 hrs
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Tony M
: Non-sense in EN — 'preparation' is inherently uncountable in this sense ('the action of preparing') (as distinct from, say, 'a culinary preparation')
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Reference comments
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Reference:
fwiw, hth Larousse:
bouclage [buklaʒ]
nom masculin
presse [d'un article] finishing off
[d'un journal] putting to bed
c'est mardi le bouclage the paper's going to bed OU to press on Tuesday
nom masculin
presse [d'un article] finishing off
[d'un journal] putting to bed
c'est mardi le bouclage the paper's going to bed OU to press on Tuesday
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Tony M
: Yes, standard meaning in numerous sources; difficult to see how it could mean anything wildly different, given the metaphor involved (like "in the can" for films).
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yup. jargon is jargon
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Katherine Zei
: C'est ça
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Discussion
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