tira parti de l’exactitude des clichés

English translation: took advantage of the exactness/precision of the shots/images/pictures

13:44 Sep 19, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
French term or phrase: tira parti de l’exactitude des clichés
Très rapidement le journalisme tira parti de l’exactitude des clichés et ainsi furent couvertes la guerre de Crimée en 1857 et celle de Sécession aux Etats Unis en 1861.

I am stuck with the "tira parti de l’exactitude des clichés" part. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thankyou
Vinay
English translation:took advantage of the exactness/precision of the shots/images/pictures
Explanation:
As mentioned in my previous answer, cliché is frequently used as a synonym of picture, image, shot etc.
In this context, it seems to mean that photography had reached a sufficient level of sophistication to be used by newspapers in their coverage of those wars.
I hope this helps.
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VBaby
Local time: 08:50
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Thankyou!
-Vinay
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4 +2took advantage of the exactness/precision of the shots/images/pictures
VBaby
4took advantage of the details of the shots
Genevieve Tournebize


  

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took advantage of the exactness/precision of the shots/images/pictures


Explanation:
As mentioned in my previous answer, cliché is frequently used as a synonym of picture, image, shot etc.
In this context, it seems to mean that photography had reached a sufficient level of sophistication to be used by newspapers in their coverage of those wars.
I hope this helps.

VBaby
Local time: 08:50
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 401
Grading comment
Thankyou!
-Vinay

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agree  Yolanda Broad: I think you ought to use vbaby's explanation--it says it just right!
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took advantage of the details of the shots


Explanation:
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Genevieve Tournebize
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 28
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