Lightbox / loght box

French translation: album / table lumineuse

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English term or phrase:lightbox / light box
French translation:album / table lumineuse
Entered by: mediamatrix (X)

22:16 Oct 9, 2008
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Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software
English term or phrase: Lightbox / loght box
A lightbox is a convenient way to store a selection of images for a certain client, project, or any other use. Lightboxes act like an image keeper for images you select as you browse the collection. They can be named, edited any time, emailed to another person, or deleted completely using the attached features.

Existe-t-il une traduction standard pour ce concept? sinon, any suggestion? merci.
fabienne
album
Explanation:
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'lightbox' is a reference (I think ...) to the wooden boxes that were used a century or so ago to hold lantern slides, hence the recuperation of the term to refer to a collection/album of electronic images
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Jennifer Levey
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Local time: 08:29
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oui, c'est bien cela, merci.
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lightbox / loght box
album


Explanation:
Compare eng and fre versions (top menu) of this website: http://www.shutterstock.com/


'lightbox' is a reference (I think ...) to the wooden boxes that were used a century or so ago to hold lantern slides, hence the recuperation of the term to refer to a collection/album of electronic images

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 39
Grading comment
oui, c'est bien cela, merci.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: 'lightbox' is in fact a reference to the type of back-illuminated table used by photographers and radiographers (for example) to view transparent media. 'album' doesn't quite convey the same idea, though might well do; but the 'proper' term does exist...
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lightbox / light-box
table lumineuse


Explanation:
e.g.

La table lumineuse devient écran numérique
... Digital lightbox
Le traditionnel tableau lumineux [sic!] de radiologie devient interactif. ...

www.atelier.fr/.../brainlab-systeme-affichage-imagerie-medi...

There are plenty of other refs. which suggest that the 'tableau lumineux' sic-ed above is just a quirky error — and this is the term used by one of my clients, a major leader in the digital image field.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2008-10-10 06:29:24 GMT)
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It usually refers to a system that allows you to set out thumbnails your digital images in such a way that you can readily select from them.

Often similar to the 'gallery' concept, but this is the term I've more often encountered in specialist photographic / image processing contexts.

Tony M
France
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67
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Asker: oui pour le sens original mais la traduction ne va pas dans ce contexte :)

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