galera

English translation: galley

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Spanish term or phrase:galera
English translation:galley
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

23:24 Jan 28, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Printing & Publishing
Spanish term or phrase: galera
I am pretty sure this does not refer to galleys in this context, but rather to this:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galera_(imprenta)

The context is a story by a Mexican writer:

El hombre que en ese momento seguramente ya sabía que algunas de las galeras salidas de la propia imprenta de Gutenberg eran sólo una serie de restos de papel esparcidos sobre el lugar donde dormía

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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 17:22
galley
Explanation:
I'm sure you're right, but it's still called a galley. It's where the term galleys meaning proofs comes from.

Here's the Spanish Wikipedia page you cited:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galera_(imprenta)

The picture of a galley on this page is here, referred to as a "wooden type galley", with this explanation: "Galleys are trays upon which type matter is assembled either as it is set by hand or by machine on which it can be proofed or stored"
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wooden_type_galley.j...

Here's a page about Gutenberg:

"Once each line of type was completed, it was moved off the composing stick onto a board known as a galley."
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/educator/modules/gutenberg/inventi...
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 21:22
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Thanks, didn't realize it was the same word in English as well
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galley


Explanation:
I'm sure you're right, but it's still called a galley. It's where the term galleys meaning proofs comes from.

Here's the Spanish Wikipedia page you cited:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galera_(imprenta)

The picture of a galley on this page is here, referred to as a "wooden type galley", with this explanation: "Galleys are trays upon which type matter is assembled either as it is set by hand or by machine on which it can be proofed or stored"
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wooden_type_galley.j...

Here's a page about Gutenberg:

"Once each line of type was completed, it was moved off the composing stick onto a board known as a galley."
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/educator/modules/gutenberg/inventi...

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 21:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thanks, didn't realize it was the same word in English as well

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Rachel :)

agree  JohnMcDove: Sí, pero en el contexto de Wendy se trata de "galeras" en el sentido de "galeradas". La definición 6 del DRAE: 6. f. Impr. galerada (‖ prueba de la composición).
3 hrs
  -> Pues claro. ¡Qué torpe! No había leído bien el contexto. Tienen que ser galeradas. Gracias, John :)

agree  neilmac: Yes, "galley proofs" rang a bell...
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil ;-) I had a job correcting galley proofs when I was a lad, but they're a thing of the past now.
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Reference: Refs.

Reference information:
Further to Charles answer, I think you can refer to "galley proof(s)" for clarity:

http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-spanish/galley proof
galley proof' also found in translations in Spanish-English dictionary
prueba de galera
nf.
galley proof

prueba de imprenta
nf.
galley proof


http://www.dictionary.com/browse/galley-proof
noun, Printing.
1.
a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
Origin of galley proof Expand
1885-18901885-90
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2017.

British Dictionary definitions for galley proof Expand
galley proof
noun
1.
a printer's proof, esp one taken on a long strip of paper from type in a galley, used to make corrections before the matter has been split into pages Often shortened to galley

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/galley-proof.ht...
Galley proof
Penultimate proof of a page being typeset for printing, before it is set (imposed) as a page of a book or booklet. Galley proofs are traditionally printed as a single column on a long strip of paper, and generally do not include illustrations. The next and final proof is usually the page proof. In the modern practice (where the text is set on a computer), galley proofs are dispensed with and instead a page proof are provided.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
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Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Charles Davis
1 min
  -> Thanks Charles.
agree  JohnMcDove: Exactly. :-) "Galerada" ... galera: 6. f. Impr. galerada (‖ prueba de la composición).
3 hrs
  -> Thank you John.
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