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galley-proof?
Hi, I'm a French student in English, and I have to do a traduction work for tomorrow. The problem is: I've found an expression in the text I have to translate that I don't understand at all, even with the context, and that I don't find in any dictionary I have (and I have a lot, believe me!). The whole sentence is:
"She worked alone in a damp basement, at a desk across which curled long sheets of galley-proof."
I would like you to explain me with simple words what are "sheets of galley-proof"... Thanks a lot.
"She worked alone in a damp basement, at a desk across which curled long sheets of galley-proof."
I would like you to explain me with simple words what are "sheets of galley-proof"... Thanks a lot.
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Hi, I would like you to explain me with simple words what are "sheets of galley-proof". I want to print a newpaper. I prepare all the text.
- Hi, I would like you to explain me with simple words what are "sheets of galley-proof".
- I want to print a newpaper.
- I prepare all the text.
- I print a preliminary version that I can check.
- My version does not have various columns and does not look like a newspaper.
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Hi,
I would like you to explain me with simple words what are "sheets of galley-proof".
I want to print a newpaper. I prepare all the text. I print a preliminary version that I can check. My version does not have various columns and does not look like a newspaper. It is several long sheets of paper, like strips, with printing on them These are the gal
I would like you to explain me with simple words what are "sheets of galley-proof".
I want to print a newpaper. I prepare all the text. I print a preliminary version that I can check. My version does not have various columns and does not look like a newspaper. It is several long sheets of paper, like strips, with printing on them These are the gal
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Sorry for my poor english.
It is several long sheets of paper,i still dont know what does sheet mean in this sentence,is it like list?or range?
with printing on them These are the galley proofs
if i were right,it would mean the paper with lots of ranges and with printing on them these are the galley proofs?
i dont know it too.if the paper with lots of ranges and
It is several long sheets of paper,i still dont know what does sheet mean in this sentence,is it like list?or range?
with printing on them These are the galley proofs
if i were right,it would mean the paper with lots of ranges and with printing on them these are the galley proofs?
i dont know it too.if the paper with lots of ranges and
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Galley proofs are like a rough draft of a printed publication. The text is printed on long pieces of paper so that an editor can "proof-read" them and make corrections before it is arranged into pages. (Then there is another editing step called "page proofs" before the final version.) A "sheet" of paper is just a piece of paper. Idon't know what you mean by "ranges," but I don't think it's us
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thanks khoff.
"a rough draft of a printed publication"it's clear enough
"a rough draft of a printed publication"it's clear enough
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