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23:24 Jan 28, 2017 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Printing & Publishing | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Charles Davis Spain Local time: 14:17 | ||||||
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galley Explanation: I'm sure you're right, but it's still called a galley. It's where the term galleys meaning proofs comes from. Here's the Spanish Wikipedia page you cited: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galera_(imprenta) The picture of a galley on this page is here, referred to as a "wooden type galley", with this explanation: "Galleys are trays upon which type matter is assembled either as it is set by hand or by machine on which it can be proofed or stored" https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wooden_type_galley.j... Here's a page about Gutenberg: "Once each line of type was completed, it was moved off the composing stick onto a board known as a galley." http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/educator/modules/gutenberg/inventi... |
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