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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

balance

English translation:

sound check

Added to glossary by Tony M
Dec 18, 2008 13:23
15 yrs ago
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French term

balances

French to English Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
this is for a dj show, the artist undertakes to "participer aux balances qui auront lieu au stade". Is this sound checks? thanks
Proposed translations (English)
1 +6 sound check
Change log

Dec 23, 2008 07:47: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/762277">Jane RM's</a> old entry - "balances"" to ""sound check""

Proposed translations

+6
2 mins
French term (edited): balance
Selected

sound check

Can't confirm for sure from any personal experience of the FR term, but it certainly seems logical and highly likely.
Peer comment(s):

agree Sandra Petch : Balance is certainly a sound check and I can imagine a DJ would do a sound check (source: wasted youth spent hanging around with bands) ;-)
7 mins
Thanks, Sandra!
agree Glen McCulley : it is indeed a sound check. < see sandra? youth not so wasted after all ;P
16 mins
Thanks, Glen! I know quite a few 'wasted youths'...
agree Jonathan MacKerron : can't remember, I was usually already wasted by then...
20 mins
Thanks, J! What's that, can't quite hear you...? Must have been all those deafening sound checks...
agree Anne Girardeau : Indeed
23 mins
Merci, Anne !
agree B D Finch
55 mins
Thanks, BDF!
agree Transitwrite : http://rufusdrums.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view... They refer to UNE BALANCE in this and it fits in with the above explanation
7 hrs
Thanks, Sharon!
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