Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
a vous de jouer!
English translation:
Lights, camera, action!
Added to glossary by
janisct
Oct 9, 2007 19:50
16 yrs ago
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French term
a vous de jouer!
French to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
film-making exercise
This is the title of a set of instructions for an amateur film making competition.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | Lights, camera, action! |
Mark Nathan
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| 3 +8 | over to you |
Melzie
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| 4 +3 | your turn |
Etienne Muylle Wallace
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| 4 +1 | Role it! |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 +1 | Get filming! |
Dylan Edwards
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| 4 | Get in the Action! |
veratek
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| 3 | "From the Top" |
Carol Gullidge
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| 3 | It's your shoot! |
B D Finch
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| 3 | it's your turn to call the shots |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 2 | it's your turn to play!/it's your turn to act! |
liz askew
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Proposed translations
+4
5 mins
Selected
Lights, camera, action!
or, "take one" - staying with the film speak
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Well, I've been overwhelmed with so many clever suggestions, but after careful consideration, I'm choosing yours, which was the first, and I think is the best because the competition covers all aspects of film-making, fromthe script and acting to the technical areas such as lighting and sound, so your title encompasses that. But many thanks to evryone else (I was tempted by Get Filming, and Role it , but I think the pun might be lost on my client!!!"
1 min
it's your turn to play!/it's your turn to act!
as in
jouer le role..perhaps
jouer le role..perhaps
+8
11 mins
over to you
&
Peer comment(s):
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ormiston
: sounds best to me (no need to be too clever!)
14 mins
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Thank you, ormiston.
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Tony M
: Yes, this sounds most natural to me too!
16 mins
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Thank you, Tony.
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Mark Nathan
: probably better
19 mins
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Thnak you, Mark.
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| agree |
NancyLynn
38 mins
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Thank you, Nancy.
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| agree |
Martin Cassell
: Just what first came to my mind.
2 hrs
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Thank you, Martin.
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| agree |
sporran
3 hrs
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Thank you, Sporran.
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| agree |
Assimina Vavoula
9 hrs
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Thank you, Assimina.
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| agree |
liz askew
12 hrs
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Thank you, Liz.
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+3
20 mins
Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Spain
Native in French
Works in field
Spain
QUICK SERVICE AND PERSONAL CONTROL
Native in: Dutch 
, French
Works in: French to Catalan, French to Flemish, French to Spanish, and 24 more.
your turn
nothing more.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Andrew Levine
2 hrs
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| agree |
Nina Iordache
: Exactly what I was going to say ...
10 hrs
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| agree |
Shirley Lao
11 hrs
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24 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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15
"From the Top"
ie, "start (acting) at the beginning".... continuing the stage/cinema theme, also makes a good title
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: 'from the top' really means 'Oh dear, we have to do it all over again!', probably not desirable here.../ Good title for a revue, yes! ...but not quite the right register here, I feel / But always connotes rehearsals, starting over...
4 mins
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Honestly, Tony, it doesn't actually have such negative connotations, at least not in my experience. We atually used this as a title for a revue and it was a huge hit!//Forgot to say that it is used at the beginning, ie "Let's get the show rolling"!"
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+1
41 mins
Dylan Edwards
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Greek to English, Czech to English, Slovak to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Get filming!
Simple and direct.
hah! Direct.
You're the director...
hah! Direct.
You're the director...
44 mins
Get in the Action!
this is very charged with energy and trendy - seems perfect for amateur film contestants -and "action" even doubles in meaning...
“Get in the Challenge,” “Get in the Fun”
"jump into the action/fun/etc" - another variation, but I prefer "get"
“Get in the Challenge,” “Get in the Fun”
"jump into the action/fun/etc" - another variation, but I prefer "get"
+1
22 mins
Role it!
As a play on "jouer" and "roll it" (roll the cameras).
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Note added at 28 mins (2007-10-09 20:18:31 GMT)
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The assistant director yells, "Quiet on the set!" The actor who appears in this scene with you (playing the role of Grubowski) moves to his position. He stares into the fire as the cinematographer instructs the cameraman to take a medium shot.
"ROLL IT," says the assistant director. Someone says, "Rolling." "Speed," says someone else. "Thirty-five, take one."
An assistant holds a slate in front of the actor's face and snaps it shut. This "clacker" will later aid the film editor in synchronizing the picture to the sound. "Action!" commands the director.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/cinema/acting2.html
"In fact, I do end slates a lot, even with professional actors, because it just doesn't disturb everything," he added. "When you're set to go with something, you say, ROLL IT, and everybody just kind of flows into it as opposed to somebody coming out and going 'whap' with a slate. It's just a distraction you don't need."
http://www.dga.org/news/v28_3/craft_eastwood.php3
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-09 21:49:13 GMT)
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The trouble with plays on words is that you never know how many people will get the joke in the original. So you have to decide whether to play direct, at the first level, and get just the basic meaning across, assuming few readers in the original language will have "seen" it (assuming it IS intended to be a play on words, of course, and is not just so coincidentally), or to come across cutesy with something an advertising agency and its customer might appreciate - again, assuming the play on words is deliberate.
A vous de jouer!
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Note added at 28 mins (2007-10-09 20:18:31 GMT)
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The assistant director yells, "Quiet on the set!" The actor who appears in this scene with you (playing the role of Grubowski) moves to his position. He stares into the fire as the cinematographer instructs the cameraman to take a medium shot.
"ROLL IT," says the assistant director. Someone says, "Rolling." "Speed," says someone else. "Thirty-five, take one."
An assistant holds a slate in front of the actor's face and snaps it shut. This "clacker" will later aid the film editor in synchronizing the picture to the sound. "Action!" commands the director.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/cinema/acting2.html
"In fact, I do end slates a lot, even with professional actors, because it just doesn't disturb everything," he added. "When you're set to go with something, you say, ROLL IT, and everybody just kind of flows into it as opposed to somebody coming out and going 'whap' with a slate. It's just a distraction you don't need."
http://www.dga.org/news/v28_3/craft_eastwood.php3
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-10-09 21:49:13 GMT)
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The trouble with plays on words is that you never know how many people will get the joke in the original. So you have to decide whether to play direct, at the first level, and get just the basic meaning across, assuming few readers in the original language will have "seen" it (assuming it IS intended to be a play on words, of course, and is not just so coincidentally), or to come across cutesy with something an advertising agency and its customer might appreciate - again, assuming the play on words is deliberate.
A vous de jouer!
Peer comment(s):
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katsy
: irresistible!
46 mins
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Irresistible - the force acting on a stone that gathers no moss.
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Tony M
: I have to say I don't think there IS a jeu de mots in the original, it's just a common expression.... And the trouble is, in these days of video, 'roll it!' isn't even a common expression. I'm actually more used to 'Turn over!', pun that if you will!
1 hr
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10 hrs
It's your shoot!
From the idea of a film shoot and playing on the closeness to "shot".
11 hrs
it's your turn to call the shots
one last idea
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