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séancier

English translation: council or parliamentary meetings reporter

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French term or phrase:séancier
English translation:council or parliamentary meetings reporter
Entered by: Jana Cole

09:59 Dec 9, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
French term or phrase: séancier
This appears on a list of types of reporters, in a document that describes working conditions,
benefits, etc. for reporters. There is no additional context for these job titles beyond the general context that they are types of reporters.

... reporters en l’absence de régularité dans le travail de nuit, sténographes-rédacteurs avec statut particulier, courrièristes du soir, critiques du soir, reporters théâtraux du soir, rubrique des tribunaux (chroniqueurs, rédacteurs, informateurs), préfecturiers, ***séanciers***, rédacteurs municipaux, rédacteurs détachés seuls en poste.
Jana Cole
United States
Local time: 05:24
council or parliamentary meetings reporter
Explanation:
http://mots_fr.fracademic.com/8750/séancier,_ère
Le dictionnaire des mots absents des autres dictionnaires
séancier, ère
Interprétation

séancier, ère
n. Journaliste chargé de rendre compte des séances d'une assemblée parlementaire.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 14:24
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4council or parliamentary meetings reporter
B D Finch
4 +1specialist / expert
kashew


Discussion entries: 1





  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
specialist / expert


Explanation:
http://www.snj.fr/…nctions_Quotidiens_parisiens.pdf
Le sous-chef de service assiste ou supplée le chef de service politique. Séancier (rédacteur spécialisé) (coefficient 165). Le séancier est le journaliste chargé de ...

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Note added at 26 minutes (2015-12-09 10:25:19 GMT)
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Ou;
Le séancier est le journaliste chargé de présenter et commenter les séances parlementaires.

kashew
France
Local time: 14:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chakib Roula
6 mins
neutral  Daryo: yes for the explanation, but the proposed translation is simply too vague - an "expert" could be an expert in anything!
4 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
council or parliamentary meetings reporter


Explanation:
http://mots_fr.fracademic.com/8750/séancier,_ère
Le dictionnaire des mots absents des autres dictionnaires
séancier, ère
Interprétation

séancier, ère
n. Journaliste chargé de rendre compte des séances d'une assemblée parlementaire.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 14:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: Probably what they intend here.
1 hr
  -> Thanks kashew. Another alternative translation is a medium (of the ghost-interviewing variety), but that didn't seem likely.
agree  Charles Davis: Clearly what the term means, to my mind (there are many types of specialist), but I'd leave out "meetings". Séances is surely sessions. // Councils have meetings; I don't think the House of Commons does. But anyway it doesn't matter; I wouldn't put either
2 hrs
  -> Sessions and meetings are, surely, alternative terms for the same thing in this context?//Good point about parliamentary sessions. Problem is that leaving out "meetings" or "sessions" would let it include reporting info picked up in the bar or toilets.
agree  writeaway: another term easily looked up on the www
2 hrs
  -> Thanks writeaway. Yes and no: the term doesn't feature in Le Grand Robert.
agree  Daryo: fits well - reporters sitting through the whole "séance" // OTOH for some very specialised publications even the "ghost-interviewing variety" is not excluded as a possibility ...
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Daryo
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