To deckle/a deckle
French translation: faire un bord à barbes/un bord à barbes
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| 09:42 Feb 15, 2002 |
| English to French translations [PRO] Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / Imaging | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Gayle Wallimann Local time: 03:51 | ||||||
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| 4 | Deckle |
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| 4 | Barbes/ébarber |
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| 4 | Decalquer |
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| 4 | faire un bord à barbes/un bord à barbes |
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Deckle Explanation: It's apparently a trademark. See below Reference: http://www.deckle-edge.com/floral_handicrafts.htm |
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Barbes/ébarber Explanation: J'espère que ça aide |
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Decalquer Explanation: Deckle is a bastardization of Decal |
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faire un bord à barbes/un bord à barbes Explanation: This is what we do in a darkroom for photography also. We rip a small hole in paper (we deckle it) to create a soft halo type contour around a portrait. |
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