Corchetes

English translation: Square brackets

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Spanish term or phrase:Corchetes
English translation:Square brackets
Entered by: Will Griffin

18:05 Nov 11, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Printing & Publishing
Spanish term or phrase: Corchetes
Taken from a DTP and style guide for a private company in Spain. What they are referring to is a design feature used in a printed advertising context to draw the audience's attention to a specific part of the photo or advert. In their guide, these "corchetes" look like a red square, or possibly a rectangle, but with only the corners visible, thus making them less intrusive on the page. They are then framed around the relevant part of the photo, say somebody's face, to highlight it.

They're kind of like a reticle on a scope! I'm wondering if there is an accepted translation for this in English and have even asked myself whether "corchetes" is an accepted term in Spanish. I don't think "square brackets" is the answer, though I may be wrong.

Any advice much appreciated!
Will Griffin
Spain
Local time: 09:58
Square brackets
Explanation:
At least, that's the usage I'm familiar with.

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Note added at 32 mins (2016-11-11 18:37:30 GMT)
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http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&qu...

If you aren't happy with that, you could just call it "frame" if it's a rectangle or square...

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Note added at 33 mins (2016-11-11 18:38:25 GMT)
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NB: It would help us to decide on the best term if we had a sentence or paragraph containing the expression...

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Note added at 35 mins (2016-11-11 18:40:13 GMT)
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https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Working_with_image_frames

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Note added at 15 hrs (2016-11-12 09:48:16 GMT)
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Instructions for this type of widget usually say "focus the frame":
"...a box appears around any object you can focus the frame on..."
"Focus the frame on the QR code or barcode you want to scan, and the app will scan automatically."
https://simicart.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/212970917-QR-...
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 10:58
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, very useful!
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Square brackets


Explanation:
At least, that's the usage I'm familiar with.

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Note added at 32 mins (2016-11-11 18:37:30 GMT)
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http://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&qu...

If you aren't happy with that, you could just call it "frame" if it's a rectangle or square...

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Note added at 33 mins (2016-11-11 18:38:25 GMT)
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NB: It would help us to decide on the best term if we had a sentence or paragraph containing the expression...

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Note added at 35 mins (2016-11-11 18:40:13 GMT)
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https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Working_with_image_frames

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Note added at 15 hrs (2016-11-12 09:48:16 GMT)
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Instructions for this type of widget usually say "focus the frame":
"...a box appears around any object you can focus the frame on..."
"Focus the frame on the QR code or barcode you want to scan, and the app will scan automatically."
https://simicart.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/212970917-QR-...

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 10:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, very useful!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Yep. That's what I would have said.
2 hrs

agree  Noni Gilbert Riley
6 hrs

agree  JohnMcDove
10 hrs

agree  Charles Davis: "Bracket frame" is what they call this in Prezi.
17 hrs
  -> Yeah, something like "Use the corner brackets to frame the object" should work

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
18 hrs

agree  James A. Walsh: I'd go with this or Charles' "bracket frame"
1 day 1 hr
  -> "Focus the frame using the brackets"...
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