Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la diagonale de rapprochement
English translation:
advancing diagonal
Added to glossary by
jonno
Jan 11, 2008 12:02
16 yrs ago
French term
la diagonale de rapprochement
French to English
Art/Literary
Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
Art history as well
la composition peu s’appuyer sur une diagonale: la **diagonale de rapprochement**, du coin supérieur droit vers le coin inférieur gauche et la diagonale d'éloignement du coin inférieur gauche vers le coin supérieur droit.
Example at http://slytranslation.free.fr/rapprochement.jpg
Cheers indeed
Example at http://slytranslation.free.fr/rapprochement.jpg
Cheers indeed
Proposed translations
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| 5 +1 | advancing diagonal |
rkillings
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| 2 | diagonal line of optical proximity |
Fiorsam
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| 2 -1 | backward diagonal |
Victoria Porter-Burns
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Proposed translations
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advancing diagonal
See comment on receding diagonal.
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Comment: "See comment for receding diagonal"
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Victoria Porter-Burns
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
backward diagonal
as in 'back-slash'. just a guess - thought I might as well since no-one came up with anything in the first hour.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: This is a compositional thing, nothing to do with typographical symbols.
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Oh OK, as I said it was just a guess as there were no other suggestions to go on - I just seem to have got the wrong end of the stick. Thanks Tony!
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diagonal line of optical proximity
Mine is more a definition gathered by checking some graphic sources. There might be a more technical term for it. But, since nobody has come up with anything better... Just a suggestion.
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