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fiction lourde

English translation: television film, TV film, TV movie, made-for-TV movie, telefilm,

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French term or phrase:fiction lourde
English translation:television film, TV film, TV movie, made-for-TV movie, telefilm,
Entered by: Deborah Workman

01:46 Jul 6, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Advertising / Public Relations
French term or phrase: fiction lourde
I have no context other than that this appears the bio of a cross-media marketing strategist:

"X débute sa carrière en chez XXX dans le programme de fiction lourde et crée, XX ans plus tard, son agence de communication interactive."

Any ideas? Thank you for your help.
Deborah Workman
United States
Local time: 14:53
made-for-tv series or movie
Explanation:
pourront assurer efficacement la régie quotidienne du tournage d'un film cinéma ou d'une fiction lourde pour la télévision (téléfilm, série).
http://www.cefpf.com/e.php?lsd=3&cc=26&tc=11
Selected response from:

Claire Nolan
Local time: 14:53
Grading comment
Thank you, Clanola. This fits best with the cross-media reference (which involves film, Internet and complementary media) and also with the descriptions I found in French, which suggest not only dramatic series but also documentary series, "dramedies" and one-off original films). I fell into the "lourde" as heavy/serious trap in my research but just couldn't get that notion to square with the descriptions of actual "fiction lourde" that I found in French. You solved the problem for me. For more on the genre, I found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_film.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2(serious) TV drama
Debbi Steele
4 -1serious fiction
Jennifer Levey
3made-for-tv series or movie
Claire Nolan
4 -1TV drama series
SMcG (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
serious fiction


Explanation:
Beacon Press - [ Traducir esta página ]
Beacon Press is an independent publisher of serious non-fiction and fiction. ... Beacon Press: Independent Publisher of Serious Fiction and Non-Fiction ...
www.beacon.org/ - En caché - Similares

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Small Presses - AgentQuery :: Find the Agent Who Will Find You a ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
Founded as a small independent trade publisher in 1982 and later acquired by ..... (serious fiction and nonfiction) Perseus Books Group was created with the ...
www.agentquery.com/publishing_ip.aspx - En caché - SimilaresFiction Book Publishers Information | Business.com - [ Traducir esta página ]
Fine press publisher focusing on serious fiction and nonfiction. www.steerforth.com. St. Martin's Press Publisher of fiction and nonfiction books. ...
www.business.com › ... › Publishers - hace 21 horas - En caché - Similares“Down with fiction and up with fact”: publishers ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
de PC Murphy - 1998 - Citado por 1 - Artículos relacionados
11 May 2010 ... serious fiction into paper, seeing fiction primarily as a long-term investment maintained on a publisher's backlist as much for prestige as ...
www.springerlink.com/index/r0p3ghx0r2640870.pdfInterview with Ken Keegan, Omnidawn Publishing « The Dark Phantom ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
10 May 2007 ... At least ten years before we began Omnidawn Publishing, ... it tends to lose acceptance as serious fiction by the literary critics. ...
thedarkphantom.wordpress.com/.../interview-with-ken-keegan-omnidawn-publishing/ - En caché - SimilaresiPad Could Help Self-Publishers Kick Open Doors : NPR - [ Traducir esta página ]
3 Apr 2010 ... In part, Wideman says, he was just sick of the way traditional publishers treated serious fiction. "Cookbooks and novels get the same ...
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125503109

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 14:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  SMcG (X): this is a literary term
5 hrs
  -> Hmmm... Then why do you mention "The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Lost, Rome" in your own answer? Those are not 'literary' - and less still 'fiction lourde'.
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
made-for-tv series or movie


Explanation:
pourront assurer efficacement la régie quotidienne du tournage d'un film cinéma ou d'une fiction lourde pour la télévision (téléfilm, série).
http://www.cefpf.com/e.php?lsd=3&cc=26&tc=11

Claire Nolan
Local time: 14:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you, Clanola. This fits best with the cross-media reference (which involves film, Internet and complementary media) and also with the descriptions I found in French, which suggest not only dramatic series but also documentary series, "dramedies" and one-off original films). I fell into the "lourde" as heavy/serious trap in my research but just couldn't get that notion to square with the descriptions of actual "fiction lourde" that I found in French. You solved the problem for me. For more on the genre, I found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_film.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jennifer Levey: There is nothing in the question, as asked, to suggest that this refers to TV or the cinema: it's standard publishing-house jargon. // All? Not quite 'all' - how about those listed in my answer, for starters?
22 hrs
  -> All google references for ''fiction lourde'' seem to indicate that this means ''téléfilm'' or ''téléséries''. But your google searches were for ''serious fiction'', not for ''fiction lourde''.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
TV drama series


Explanation:
It's fiction shot for TV and normally diffused in a series: The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Lost, Rome.

SMcG (X)
Belgium
Local time: 20:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jennifer Levey: There is nothing in the question, as asked, to suggest that this refers to TV: it's standard publishing-house jargon, referring to literary works like Dickens, Molière or Cervantes.
18 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(serious) TV drama


Explanation:
Not necessarily a series, it could just be a one off TV drama, similar to a movie made for TV.

"En termes de production de téléfilm, on n'a jamais vu ça. C'est ce que nous appelons de la fiction lourde." http://www.letelegramme.com/ig/generales/regions/bretagne/fi...

Debbi Steele
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alison Sabedoria (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Wordeffect!
neutral  Jennifer Levey: There is nothing in the question, as asked, to suggest that this refers to TV: it's standard publishing-house jargon, referring to literary works like Dickens, Molière or Cervantes.
13 hrs
agree  Catherine Gilsenan
1 day 10 mins
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