anterrosto

English translation: Bastard title page / half-title page

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Portuguese term or phrase:anterrosto
English translation:Bastard title page / half-title page
Entered by: Cristina Spohr

00:48 Feb 28, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Printing & Publishing
Portuguese term or phrase: anterrosto
Qual é a tradução de anterrosto? Muito obrigada.

Anterrosto: primeira página do livro que precede a página de rosto ou frontispício.
Cristina Spohr
Brazil
Local time: 18:58
Bastard title page / half-title page
Explanation:
Personally I would use half-title page but Bastard title seems to be a widely used term. Take a look at these sites.

http://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/ante-rosto

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/8005/a.htm

http://www.letras.puc-rio.br/traducao/Glossarios/(Glossario ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_title

http://www.writeandpublishyourbook.com/writing/write-a-book/...

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Well, most references include the word page somewhere and I just thought it sounded better. However, it is your translation and if you want to use just half title that is your prerogative. Go to Google and do a search for "half title page" and you will see that this is not incorrect.
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Carla Queiro (X)
Local time: 18:58
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Inside Front Cover
Floriana Leary
4 +1Bastard title page / half-title page
Carla Queiro (X)
4frontispiece/title page
Bentevi


  

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frontispiece/title page


Explanation:
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frontispiece: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.comfrontispiece ( ) n. An illustration that faces or immediately precedes the title page of a book, book section, or magazine.

title page: Definition from Answers.comtitle page n. A page at the front of a book giving the complete title, the names of the author and publisher, and the place of.
www.answers.com/topic/title-page -

Bentevi
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida: Sendo o anterrosto por definição a página que precede o frontispício de uma obra...
8 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Inside Front Cover


Explanation:
Farm Book, inside front cover
by Thomas Jefferson
http://www.masshist.org/thomasjeffersonpapers/cfm/doc.cfm?id...

https://www.createspace.com/en/community/message/2408

[inside front cover, image 1 This book of songs was compiled by Alcwyn C. Evans, an antiquarian from Carmarthen. ...
www.gtj.org.uk/en/small/item/GTJ09542/ -

Inside Front Cover. w125. Writing A Novel The Easy Way ... It's an e-book that caught my attention. (I like e-books because they are cheap and fast, ...
www.theperspiringwriter.com/inside_front_cover_2.html -



Floriana Leary
United States
Local time: 17:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado Isabel, tenha uma boa noite!
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Bastard title page / half-title page


Explanation:
Personally I would use half-title page but Bastard title seems to be a widely used term. Take a look at these sites.

http://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/ante-rosto

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/8005/a.htm

http://www.letras.puc-rio.br/traducao/Glossarios/(Glossario ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_title

http://www.writeandpublishyourbook.com/writing/write-a-book/...

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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2009-03-01 14:02:15 GMT)
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Well, most references include the word page somewhere and I just thought it sounded better. However, it is your translation and if you want to use just half title that is your prerogative. Go to Google and do a search for "half title page" and you will see that this is not incorrect.

Carla Queiro (X)
Local time: 18:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Olá Carla. Por que você sugere "half-title page" se a referência do Wikipedia é "half title"? Muito obrigada.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler: Spot on!
3 hrs
  -> Thankyou Ralph, have a great weekend!
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