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fond perdu

English translation: bleed-off

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French term or phrase:fond perdu
English translation:bleed-off
Entered by: Conor McAuley

15:51 Apr 17, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / Logo
French term or phrase: fond perdu
"B. xxxxx Logo
C’est le logo à utiliser lors de
communications corporate.
Ne l’utiliser qu’une fois par page.
Logo et texte blancs sur fond
rectangulaire rouge.
Utilisation uniquement sur *fond perdu*.
Placement: sur le bord supérieur ou
inférieur du document."

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Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 16:32
bleed-off
Explanation:
That is the general meaning of the noun 'fond perdu' — though used like this as 'sur fond perdu', you'll need to re-phrase it slightly to make it work in EN.

I suggest something like:

To be used only bleeding off
To be used only bled off

If you ask a graphic designer, s/he might be able to give you a more appropriate jargon way of expressing this notion.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 16:32
Grading comment
Thanks and apologies. I did try to look up the meaning of bleed-off, but with no joy.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1bleed-off
Tony M
Summary of reference entries provided
fond perdu
meirs
Previous question
philgoddard

Discussion entries: 3





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bleed-off


Explanation:
That is the general meaning of the noun 'fond perdu' — though used like this as 'sur fond perdu', you'll need to re-phrase it slightly to make it work in EN.

I suggest something like:

To be used only bleeding off
To be used only bled off

If you ask a graphic designer, s/he might be able to give you a more appropriate jargon way of expressing this notion.

Tony M
France
Local time: 16:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 128
Grading comment
Thanks and apologies. I did try to look up the meaning of bleed-off, but with no joy.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch: I think it's the "fond rectangulaire rouge" that has to be bled off.
22 hrs
  -> Thanks, B! Yes, indeed... I hadn't initially read it that way, but I'm sure you're right.
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Reference comments


5 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: fond perdu

Reference information:
Seems to mean that the logo should always have at least one side at the very edge of the finally cut paper.


    Reference: http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/fond_perdu
meirs
Israel
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Tony M
7 mins
  -> Merci
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10 mins peer agreement (net): +3
Reference: Previous question

Reference information:
If you Google this, the previous question is the fourth hit.


    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/computers%3A_sof...
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Note to reference poster
Asker: I know that, but the previous answer doesn't make sense to me at all but I'll bow to your and Tony's superior knowledge.


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Tony M
2 mins
agree  writeaway
41 mins
agree  rachelha
3 hrs
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