Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

dessinateur sonore

English translation:

sound designer

Added to glossary by Chris Hall
Mar 28, 2010 13:40
14 yrs ago
French term

dessinateur sonore

Non-PRO French to English Tech/Engineering Music
text about a sound engineer, composer and musician, the sentence reads:
En tant que compositeur - dessinateur sonore (sound designer ?) et ingénieur du son il consacre une large partie de son travail à des collaborations avec les chorégraphes
Would sound designer be the exact term here ?
Change log

Mar 28, 2010 13:48: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Tech/Engineering"

Apr 2, 2010 11:33: Chris Hall Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (2): Stéphanie Soudais, Yolanda Broad

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Proposed translations

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sound designer

dessinateur sonore
=
sound designer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_design

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Note added at 5 mins (2010-03-28 13:45:41 GMT)
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A Sound Designer is one who practices the art of sound design.


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Note added at 46 mins (2010-03-28 14:26:43 GMT)
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dessinateur industriel - industrial designer
dessinateur de meubles - furniture designer
dessinateur de mode - fashion designer
dessinateur cartographe - cartographic designer
dessinateur concepteur - designer

Hence:
dessinateur sonore - sound designer
Peer comment(s):

agree Verginia Ophof
3 hrs
Many thanks Verginia.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "merci!"
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sound sketcher / sketcher of sound

"Designer sonore" is a quite conventional term in French, the ordinary translation of "sound designer". Here we have a more inventive term - quite rare in comparison to designer sonore, and perhaps it needs a more inventive English term.

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Note that designer sonore receives 50 times as many googles as dessinateur.

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Note added at 19 mins (2010-03-28 13:59:32 GMT)
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And looking further into the googles for "dessinateur sonore" - they are almost entirely the invention of one person, Antonio Da Palma.
Peer comment(s):

agree Gabella inc (X) : Yes, I would choose this "more creative" response!
9 mins
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1 hr

sound artist

One translation for "dessinateur" (Oxford) is "artist".

Please see:

Sound art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Traducir esta página ]
Sound art often engages with the subjects of acoustics, psychoacoustics, electronics, ... Because of the diversity of sound art, there is often debate about ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_art - En caché - SimilaresList of sound artists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Traducir esta página ]
Sound art is a category of artwork whose boundaries are the subject of debate. As such there is contention as to which artists are “sound artists” or if ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sound_artists - En caché - Similaresed osborn - sound art - [ Traducir esta página ]
Ed Osborn is a sound artist whose acoustic artworks take many forms including installation, sculpture, radio, video, performance, and public projects.
www.roving.net/ - En caché - Similares[//°claudio chea°\\] - sound artist
Yituey Live as part of the Sono sound art event August 29. ... This project is shared with Jorge Castro, a sound artist from Ponce, P.R. It is a free ...
www.claudiochea.com
sound artist - [ Traducir esta página ]
Helena Gough is a Birmingham-based sound artist. ... helena gough | sound artist · current | audio | thoughts | biog | discog | reviews | workshops ...
www.helenagough.net

Berkeley Sound Artists is a full-service post-production sound company serving the worlds of film, multimedia, advertising, music and exhibition.
www.berkeleysoundartists.com

Miya Masaoka: Composer, Performer, Sound Artist - [ Traducir esta página ]
Official site of musician, composer and performance artist Miya Masaoka. Includes information on works, as well as photos, music files and video clips.
www.miyamasaoka.co

Among many more...
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