Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

off

English translation:

off

Added to glossary by Sonny Tissot
Jun 11, 2008 21:35
16 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

off

Portuguese to English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama television televisão programs
O texto dos dois offs será escrito por um roteirista alemão e aprovado pelas duas empresas envolvidas.

Começa um off dito pelo francês que dá informações sobre seu país.

As pessoas farão as gravações das perguntas e respostas, além de gravarem o texto em off contido no roteiro.
Although the word is in English, it is also used in Portuguese.
They are talking about a television program. The question is if I have to add something to off, such as an off story, or off something.

Proposed translations

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off

There's no need to add anything - especially because adding something such as 'narration' might introduce an error (e.g. if the off is not narration but a song).
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narrator/voice-over artist

'the text for the two narrators will be written by...'

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice-over
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narração "off"

segundo creio terá a ver com isto, creio q o texto se estará a referir a uma notícia/notícias narradas pelo repórter em off

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No caso do inglês, off narration

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estava com dificuldade em lembrar-me, os termos muito usados no âmbito deste contexto são voice-off e voice-on
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23 mins

"off-screen narration"

Outra sugestão.

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Desculpe, sem aspas, naturalmente
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3 mins

off the record..off camera..

O texto dos dois offs será escrito => off the record..off camera..





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voice off narration => (voice off camera narration)

Tony Takitani (2004) - IMDb user commentsThe simple story is basically told with voice off narration, mainly a male voice except for one or two occasions when a women's voice takes over briefly. ...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0420260/usercomments?filter=prolific
Peer comment(s):

neutral Jennifer Levey : 'off the record' is irrelevant in this context
4 hrs
your comment is irrelevant in this context
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13 hrs

V/O

V/O (voice over)

V/O is the recognised abbreviation for "voice over", a narration or commentary on a programme which can be heard but the speaker cannot be seen.

De acordo com o BBC Television Glossary, que pode ser encontrado nesse link: http://www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourse.asp?tID=3594&cat=278...
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