Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

chapeauter

English translation:

head (v.)

Added to glossary by Stephanie Mitchel
Jul 5, 2007 21:16
16 yrs ago
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French term

chapoter

French to English Tech/Engineering Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) graphic layout
Document specifying fonts, layout for press releases, website, etc.

"Création du site en exploitant seulement le logo institutionnel sans indication de marché. Il va chapoter l’ensemble des marchés qui seront visibles dans un menu ou dans le corps de la page."
Proposed translations (English)
3 +6 head
4 head up

Proposed translations

+6
4 mins
French term (edited): chapEAUter
Selected

head

mis-spelling of chapeauter, perhaps?

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Note added at 8 mins (2007-07-05 21:25:54 GMT)
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head (v.t.) as in introduce ... "it will carry a brief para (or a strapline, or perhaps just a title) about each market"
Peer comment(s):

agree Andreas THEODOROU : this was my first thought - it's usually used of people being in charge of something but it seems the most likely explanation here
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thanks Andy
agree Jenny Duthie
12 mins
thanks
agree Mark Nathan
2 hrs
thanks Mark
agree Laurent Boudias
3 hrs
thanks Laurent
agree Sarah Gall (X)
8 hrs
thanks Sarah
agree BusterK : chapot est utilisé dans la presse (pour désigner le titre et/ou le sous-titre, pas très sûr du périmètre exact).
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Martin!"
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head up

I think that would probably be my choice. You might alos consider top or sit above

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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-07-06 17:32:31 GMT)
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I agree of course with Martin re. the spelling
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