Glossary entry (derived from question below)
français term or phrase:
nuage
anglais translation:
speech bubble (non-specialist) / word balloon (specialist and non-specialist)
français term
nuage
| 4 +10 | speech bubble |
Noni Gilbert Riley
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| 5 +8 | Word Balloon |
Fabio Barbieri
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| 5 | Bubble |
Frederic Lievre
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| Wiki has them all |
Jim Tucker (X)
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May 6, 2009 10:52: Noni Gilbert Riley Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
Espagne
The translator people turn to
Native in: anglais (Variant: UK) 
Works in: espagnol vers anglais, français vers espagnol, anglais, and 1 more.
speech bubble
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Note added at 4 mins (2009-04-28 17:26:37 GMT)
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"Write some text and click Submit to get your own personal speech bubble. New! Try printable blank speech bubbles! " wigflip.com/ds/
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Note added at 9 mins (2009-04-28 17:31:18 GMT)
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http://www.tutorialkit.com/tutorials/Speech-Bubbles-Word-Bal...
Both *speech bubble* and *word balloon* are clearly in common usage. Personally, while I understand "word balloon", it's not the expression that springs to my lips (British English speaker!).
| Thank you so much. I had a memory lapse and then couldn't find it anywhere. |
Italie
I translate as I breathe
Native in: anglais (Variants: US, British, Irish, UK) 
, italien
Works in: anglais vers italien, italien vers anglais, français vers italien, and 3 more.
Word Balloon
I spent the evening lettering in word balloons.
J'ai passe' la soir en ecrivant nuages.
| agree |
SJLD
: also speech balloon/bubble - if it's really a cloud-shaped one it could be a thought balloon
3 minutes
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"Thought balloon" I will accept. But "bubble" I never heard any professional use, from Jack Kirby and Alan Moore on down. Take it from me, in both the US and Britain, it is "balloon".
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Jenn Mercer
: word, speech, thought balloon (or bubble)
5 minutes
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Jim Tucker (X)
: this is one way (see wiki ref)
15 minutes
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| agree |
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
1 heure
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| agree |
Yolanda Broad
: I like "thought balloon" (And it definitely is "balloon" for comics)
1 heure
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| agree |
chaplin
: not sure about your French translation though it sounds just like the Latin translation I did when I was twelve!
3 heures
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| agree |
Helen Shiner
: This is clearly correct for those in the profession, but most comic-reading children in the UK at least would call them 'speech bubbles'. The choice will of course depend on the context.
23 heures
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Noni Gilbert Riley
1 jour 16 minutes
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Irlande
Ireland To You
Native in: anglais , français
Works in: anglais vers français, français vers anglais
Bubble
Reference comments
Wiki has them all
| Great and many thanks |
| agree |
Noni Gilbert Riley
32 minutes
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| agree |
Simon Mac
2 heures
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| agree |
Vicky James
12 heures
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