Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Format fermé

English translation:

Format

Added to glossary by B D Finch
Apr 22, 2009 15:19
15 yrs ago
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French term

Format fermé

French to English Bus/Financial Printing & Publishing
This is in an agreement for an agency to produce a company's annual report. Does "format fermé" just mean the size of the closed report??

Le présent contrat a pour objet de définir les conditions dans lesquelles le CLIENT confie à l'AGENCE, qui accepte, l'ensemble des prestations visées à l'article 3, ayant pour objectif, la conception et la réalisation du rapport annuel présentant les caractéristiques suivantes :

v Rapport annuel d’activité et document de référence
v Version française et anglaise pour le rapport d’activité et le document de référence (en PDF et CD)
v Version française, anglaise et allemande pour l’abrégé
v Périodicité : annuelle
v Format fermé (rapport d’activité): 21.5 x 27 cm
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May 25, 2009 08:05: B D Finch Created KOG entry

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Format

Not sure whether that is what you would call it anything else in English, but what it means is certainly the format of the document when closed as the example below makes clear. I've never come across anything being described in open and closed format, the format is generally understood to mean the format when closed. However, one could have, say a calendar, printed with off-centre stapling.

e.g.
"Grille poche luxe .**Format ouvert 110 x 160 mm. Format fermé 110 x 80 mm** . Assortiments 4 visuels . espace publicitaire : 60 x 90 mm. ..."
www.calendrier-sefam.fr/poche_luxe2.php?idtypedeproduit=5

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Note added at 46 mins (2009-04-22 16:06:16 GMT)
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Well here is an example of what I hadn't come across, but it is the only one I've managed to ghit.
"2) No. of copies please quote 100 1000 5000 pieces 3) 4 insert: **Open format A4 / closed format A5** 4) Interior - Ins.1 56pag A5 format - INS.2 40pag A5 ..."
www.infobanc.com/tradinq/2009_10/2009_q1/9020649.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree gsloane : This is about paper size as indicated in your added note. It can be either "closed format" or "format closed". Look at the French text and you will see that " format fermé" refers to paper size. These terms refer mostly to European sized paper - A4
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