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Компьютерная верстка

English translation: Desktop publishing (DTP)

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Russian term or phrase:Компьютерная верстка
English translation:Desktop publishing (DTP)
Entered by: Nadiia and Vatslav Yehurnovy

05:09 Aug 7, 2009
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Printing & Publishing
Russian term or phrase: Компьютерная верстка
This term is used in the front matter of a book to designate the person who prepared the galley proofs on the computer. I have come up with "computer proofing," "digital galley proofs," and related terms. I need the actual professiona term for this job.
Chris Lovelace
Argentina
Local time: 01:06
Desktop publishing (DTP)
Explanation:
If this person works in some page layout software to create publication documents on a computer - so it is. DTP is the closest variant to the Russian "Компьютерная верстка".

If the book was typeset by someone else and this person just controls the output of galley proofs, then this person is "оператор фотовывода" - "imagesetter operator".
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Nadiia and Vatslav Yehurnovy
Ukraine
Local time: 10:06
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7Desktop publishing (DTP)
Nadiia and Vatslav Yehurnovy
4 +1computer typesetting
Maruti Shinde
4 +1Computer layout
Michael Korovkin
3page proofs
Ellen Kraus
2computer design by...
Nik-On/Off


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
page proofs


Explanation:
that´s what Oxford Engl-Russian dict. suggests

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Note added at 9 Min. (2009-08-07 05:19:03 GMT)
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Your page proof will be sent to you either as a link for downloading PDF files ... Return pages with corrections (or the complete page proof) to the Press ...
www.hup.harvard.edu/authors/pdf/proof.pdf

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Note added at 11 Min. (2009-08-07 05:21:21 GMT)
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page make-up also stands for the Russian term. but IMO that´s not what you are looking for.

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 09:06
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
computer typesetting


Explanation:
computer typesetting

Maruti Shinde
India
Local time: 12:36
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Native speaker of: Native in MarathiMarathi, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  David Knowles
2 hrs
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Desktop publishing (DTP)


Explanation:
If this person works in some page layout software to create publication documents on a computer - so it is. DTP is the closest variant to the Russian "Компьютерная верстка".

If the book was typeset by someone else and this person just controls the output of galley proofs, then this person is "оператор фотовывода" - "imagesetter operator".


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_publishing
Nadiia and Vatslav Yehurnovy
Ukraine
Local time: 10:06
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Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  erika rubinstein
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computer design by...


Explanation:
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Nik-On/Off
Ukraine
Local time: 10:06
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Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Computer layout


Explanation:
It is simply that nowadays the layout of all books in the western world is made on Mac computers using Quark X-Press programme.
The layout consists of:
- Format/margins setting
- "Impagination"
- Type/pitch setting (simply choosing a font and a pitch with a click, so "Typesetting" for the whole thing is a wrong answer: too restrictive)
- Insertion of images and graphs, if any
- Colour verification (not division – it's a different process)

"Desktop publishing" non ha nada de relevante: it's not publishing we're talking about here but preparing the book for printing – presumably in a typography – on printers (roto or flat), or in a photolitho lab – digitally. Certainly not on home printer as "DTP" implies.
That's it, Mr. Asado! :)

Michael Korovkin
Italy
Local time: 09:06
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Douglas: Верстка - layout/make-up/composition. As Michael says, "computer" is nearly superfluous, but not long ago layout was done w knife & ruler, so including it is legit. "Publishing" is broader or different. Typesetting, proofing, design are different.
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