This glossary is there to help people understand a little bit more about the publishing world.
archivist
noun
A person who maintains and is in charge of archives.
Example: Archivists helped us preserve the original material of certain of those books.
fr: archiviste
author
noun
A writer of a book, article, or report.
Example: The AUTHOR, a galago-pioneer field researcher, presents the results from almost 3 years of field studies from Gabon on lorisid ecology and feeding behaviour.
fr: Auteur
book
noun
A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
Example: I am reading a book about the end of the world
fr: livre
bookseller
noun
A person who sells books, especially as the owner or manager of a bookstore
Example: I like to go to the bookseller to buy some new books!
fr: libraire
brainstorming
noun
Group discussion to produce ideas or solve problems.
Example: The team worked from a BRAINSTORMING of market to find the gaps needs.
fr: réflextion
contractor
noun
A person or company that undertakes a contract to provide materials or labor to perform a service or do a job.
Example: This contractor helped me a lot with the opening of my shop. His experience in management was really helpful.
fr: entrepreneur
entrepreneurship
noun
the activity of setting up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.
Example: He new business opportunities have encouraged entrepreneurship on a grand scale
fr: entreprenariat
iconograph
noun
The visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these.
Example: This iconograph chose this icon.
fr: iconographe
illustrator
noun
A person who draws or creates pictures for magazines, books, advertising, etc.
Example: An ILLUSTRATOR drew the drawings you see in my book.
fr: illustrateur
Manuscript
noun
An author's text that has not yet been published.
Example: I think it is best to provide us with a MANUSCRIPT, and once we have a clearer idea of the content, I am certain we will be able to make some suitable suggestions.
fr: manuscrit
Press secretary
noun
The part of an organization that is responsible for giving information to journalists.
Example: This was a "remarkable departure for an institution that had previously tended to deal with the public through respectful newsmen, handing written questions to the President's PRESS SECRETARY, to be answered at his convenience."
fr: Attaché de presse
program manager
noun
A program manager is a strategic project-management professional whose job is to help oversee and coordinate the various projects, products, and other strategic initiatives across an organization.
Example: This program manager has followed this book since the first line.
fr: responsable d'édition
publisher
noun
A person or company that prepares and issues books, journals, music, or other works for sale.
Example: It is hard to find a PUBLISHER, even if you have a good manuscript.
fr: Editeur
publishing
noun
The occupation, business, or activity of preparing and issuing books, journals, and other material for sale.
Example: Fighting a war 3,000 miles away, however, with no allies, national newspapers PUBLISHING the disapproval of the public, and opposition in Parliament, put considerable pressure on the Prime Minister.
fr: édition
translator
noun
A person who translates from one language into another, especially as a profession.
Example: "Being a TRANSLATOR - in an agency, freelancing, technical or general, Pashto or Basque - is being part of a community of creative minds, who share an amazing ability to transcend borders and make the implicit understood, everywhere."
