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=Glossary=
=Glossary=


==A==


===Acetate===
==Azerbaijani==
* Japanese - アセテート
* '''movie theater''' — kinoteatr


===Analog===
==Bambara==
* Japanese - アナログ
* '''movie theater''' — sinima
* Spanish - analógico


===Anamorphic===
==Belarusian==
* Japanese - アナモフィック
* '''movie theater''' — Кінатэатр
* Spanish - anamorfico


===Aperture plate===
==Bulgarian==
* Japanese - 開口プレート
* '''movie theater''' — Киносалон


===Archive===
==Albanian===
* Japanese - アーカイブ
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — kino / kinema / bioskopi / filmteatri


===Archivist===
==Arabic==
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — سينما
* '''screen''' — شاشة عرض


===Aspect ratio===
==Catalan==
* Slovak - obrazovy formát / formát obrazového pole
* '''movie theater''' — sala de cinema / cinema
* Japanese - アスペクト比
* '''screen''' — pantalla de projecció


===Audio===
==Chinese==
* Slovak - zvuk
* '''movie theater''' — 电影院


===Auditorium===
==Croatian==
—see also [[International_film_glossary#Movie_theater|Movie theater]]
* '''movie theater''' — kino


==B==
==Czech==
* '''movie theater''' — kino


===Base (of film)===
==Danish==
* '''film projector''' — filmfremviser
* '''movie theater''' — biograf


==C==
==Dutch==
* '''movie theater''' — bioscoop
* '''screen''' — projectiescherm


===Changeover===
==Estonian==
* '''movie theater''' — kino


===Celluloid===
==Finnish==
* Spanish - celuloide
* '''screen''' — valkokangas
* '''movie theater''' — elokuvateatteri


===Cue mark===
==French==
* '''projectionist''' — projectionniste
* '''reel''' — bobine
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — salle de cinéma / cinéma


===Carbon arc===
==Gaelic==
* '''movie theater''' — pictiúrlann


===Cinema===
==German==
see also [[International_film_glossary#Movie_theater|Movie theater]]
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — Kino
* '''projectionist''' — Filmvorführer
* '''screen''' — Bildwand
* '''screen''' — Leinwand
* '''screen''' Projektionswand


===Countdown===
==Hebrew==
* '''movie theater''' — בית קולנוע


==D==
==Hungarian==
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — filmszínház
* '''projection''' — vetités
* '''reel''' — tekercs (plural: tekercset)


===Douser===
==Icelandic==
* '''movie theater''' — kvikmyndahús


===Drive-In movie theater===
==Indonesian==
* '''movie theater''' — bioskop


==E==
==Italian==
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — cinema / sala cinematografica
* '''projectionist''' — proiezionista


===Emulsion===
== Japanese ==
* '''35mm''' — 35ミリ
* '''acetate''' — アセテート
* '''analog''' — アナログ
* '''anamorphic''' — アナモフィック
* '''aperture plate''' — 開口プレート
* '''archive''' — アーカイブ
* '''aspect ratio''' — アスペクト比
* '''movie''' — 映画
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — 映画館
* '''projection''' —  映写
* '''projectionist''' — 映写技師
* '''projector''' (specifically movie projectors) — 映写機
* '''projector''' (more general term) — プロジェクタ
* '''reel''' — フィルム一巻 or リール
* '''screen''' — スクリーン


===Exciter lamp===
==Javanese==
* '''movie theater''' — biyoskup


===Exhibitor===
==Korean==
* '''movie theater''' — 영화관
* '''screen''' — 스크린


==F==
==Latvian==
* '''movie theater''' — kinoteātris


===Feature===
==Lithuanian==
* '''movie theater''' — kino teatras


===Film===
==Luxembourgish==
* — see also Movie
* '''movie theater''' Kino
* — see also Film print


===Film collection===
==Norwegian==
* '''movie theater''' — kino


===Film distributor===
==Macedonian==
* '''movie theater''' — Кино


===Film format===
==Malay==
* Slovak - nosič
* '''movie theater''' — pawagam / panggung wayang gambar


===Film gate===
==Mongolian==
see Gate
* '''movie theater''' Кинотеатр


===Film gauge===
==Pashto==
see Film format
* '''movie theater''' سينما


===Film lab===
==Persian==
* '''movie theater''' — سینما


===Film print===
==Polish==
* Slovak - filmového materiálu
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — kino
* '''screen''' — ekran kinowy / ekran projekcyjny


===Focus===
==Portuguese==
* '''movie theater''' — sala de cinema / cinema


===Frame===
==Romanian==
* '''movie theater''' — cinematograf / sală de cinema


==G==
==Russian==
* '''movie theater''' — Кинотеатр


===Gate (projector part)===
==Serbian==
* '''movie theater''' — Биоскоп / кино


===Grain===
== Spanish ==
* Spanish - grano
* '''analog''' — analógico
* '''anamorphic''' — anamorfico
* '''celluloid''' — celuloide
* '''grain''' — grano
* '''lens''' — lente
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — sala de proyección / sala de cine / cine
* '''projection''' — proyección
* '''projection booth''' — cabina de proyección / cabina / caseta
* '''projectionist''' — proyeccionista / operador de cine
* '''projector''' — proyector
* '''reel''' — rollo
* '''screen''' — pantalla de proyección


==H==
== Slovak ==
''Much of this information is from reading inspection forms that came from a Slovak film distributor''
* '''aspect ratio''' — obrazovy formát / formát obrazového pole
* '''audio''' — zvuk
* '''film format''' — nosič
* '''film print''' — filmového materiálu
* '''inspection''' — kontrole
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — kino
* '''screening''' — predstavení
* '''soundtrack''' — stopa
* '''splice''' — nalepené ukázky
* '''projection booth''' — promitací kabina
* '''projectionist''' — promítač


==I==
==Slovenian==
* '''movie theater''' — kino


===Inspection===
==Sudanese==
* Slovak - kontrole
* '''movie theater''' — bioskop


==J==
==Swahili==
* '''movie theater''' — jumba la sinema


==K==
==Swedish==
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — biograf
* '''projectionist''' — biografmaskinist
* '''screen''' — filmduk (plural: filmduken)


==L==
==Tagalog==
* '''movie theater''' — sinehan


===Lamphouse===
==Thai==
* '''movie theater''' — โรงภาพยนตร


===Leader===
==Turkish==
* '''movie theater''' — sinema


===Lens===
==Ukranian==
* Spanish - lente
* '''movie theater''' — Кінотеа́тр


==M==
==Vietnamese==
* '''movie theater''' — rạp chiếu phim
* '''screen''' — màn chiếu


===Marquee===
==Welsh==
* '''movie theater''' — sinema


===Masking===
==Wolof==
* '''movie theater''' — sinemaa


===Movie===
==Zulu==
* Japanese - 映画
* '''movie theater''' / '''cinema''' — ibhayisikobho
 
===Movie theater===
* Albanian - kino / kinema / bioskopi / filmteatri
* Arabic - سينما
* Azerbaijani - kinoteatr
* Bambara - sinima
* Belarusian - Кінатэатр
* Bulgarian - Киносалон
* Cheyenne - môxe’a’xémâhéó’o
* Chinese - 电影院
* Croation - kino
* Czech - kino
* Catalan - sala de cinema / cinema
* Danish - biograf
* Dutch - bioscoop
* Estonian - kino
* Esperanto - kinejo
* Finnish - elokuvateatteri
* French - salle de cinéma / cinéma
* Gaelic - pictiúrlann
* German - Kino
* Hebrew - בית קולנוע
* Hungarian - filmszínház
* Icelandic - kvikmyndahús
* Indonesian - bioskop
* Italian - cinema / sala cinematografica
* Japanese - 映画館
* Javanese - biyoskup
* Korean - 영화관
* Ladino - Filmo
* Latin - cinemateum
* Latvian - kinoteātris
* Lithuanian - kino teatras
* Luxembourgish - Kino
* Macedonian - Кино
* Malay - pawagam / panggung wayang gambar
* Mongolian - Кинотеатр
* Norwegian - kino
* Pashto - سينما
* Persian - سینما
* Polish - kino
* Portuguese - sala de cinema / cinema
* Romanian - cinematograf / sală de cinema
* Russian - Кинотеатр
* Serbian - Биоскоп / кино
* Slovak - kino
* Slovenian - kino
* Spanish - sala de proyección / sala de cine / cine
* Sudanese - bioskop
* Swahili - jumba la sinema
* Swedish - biograf
* Tagalog - sinehan
* Thai - โรงภาพยนตร
* Turkish - sinema
* Ukranian - Кінотеа́тр
* Uzbek - kinematógraf
* Vietnamese - rạp chiếu phim
* Welsh - sinema
* Wolof - sinemaa
* Yiddish - קינא
* Zulu - ibhayisikobho
 
===Multiplex===
 
==N==
 
===Nitrate===
 
==O==
 
==P==
 
===Pad roller===
 
===Pedestal===
 
===Projection===
* Hungarian - vetités
* Japanese - 映写
* Spanish - proyección
 
===Projection booth===
* Slovak - promitací kabina
* Spanish - cabina de proyección / cabina / caseta
 
===Projectionist===
* French - projectionniste
* German - Filmvorführer
* Italian - proiezionista
* Japanese - 映写技師
* Slovak - promítač
* Spanish - proyeccionista / operador de cine
* Swedish - biografmaskinist
 
===Projector===
* Danish - filmfremviser
* Japanese - 映写機 (note: specifically means movie projectors)
* Japanese - プロジェクター (note: more general term)
* Spanish - proyector
 
==Q==
 
==R==
 
===Rectifier===
 
===Reel===
* French - bobine
* Hungarian - tekercs (plural: tekercset)
* Japanese - フィルム一巻/リール
* Spanish - rollo
 
===Rewind===
 
==S==
 
===Screen===
* Arabic - شاشة عرض
* Catalan - pantalla de projecció
* Dutch - projectiescherm
* Finnish - valkokangas
* German - Bildwand
* German - Leinwand
* German - Projektionswand
* Japanese - スクリーン
* Korean - 스크린
* Polish - ekran kinowy / ekran projekcyjny
* Spanish - pantalla de proyección
* Swedish - filmduk (plural: filmduken)
* Vietnamese - màn chiếu
 
===Screening===
* Slovak - predstavení
 
===Shutter===
 
===Soundtrack===
* Slovak - stopa
 
===Splice===
* Slovak - nalepené ukázky
 
===Splicer===
 
===Sprocket===
 
==T==
 
===Take-up===
 
===Trailer===
 
==U==
 
==V==
 
===Volume (sound level)===
 
==W==
 
==X==
 
===Xenon===
 
==Y==
 
==Z==


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Revision as of 15:44, 6 October 2021

A glossary of common words and technical terminology used by projectionists and film exhibitors — in many languages.

This glossary is intended to help anyone searching for information about analog film projection and exhibition locate resources in non-English languages.

Disclaimer: This list may contain inaccuracies - Sprocket School editors are mainly native English speakers and are creating it based on internet research, words on film leader and film can labels, and conversations with other projectionists.

  • Get in touch if you have a suggestion or correction: info@sprocketschool.org


External Resources

Glossary

Azerbaijani

  • movie theater — kinoteatr

Bambara

  • movie theater — sinima

Belarusian

  • movie theater — Кінатэатр

Bulgarian

  • movie theater — Киносалон

Albanian=

  • movie theater / cinema — kino / kinema / bioskopi / filmteatri

Arabic

  • movie theater / cinema — سينما
  • screen — شاشة عرض

Catalan

  • movie theater — sala de cinema / cinema
  • screen — pantalla de projecció

Chinese

  • movie theater — 电影院

Croatian

  • movie theater — kino

Czech

  • movie theater — kino

Danish

  • film projector — filmfremviser
  • movie theater — biograf

Dutch

  • movie theater — bioscoop
  • screen — projectiescherm

Estonian

  • movie theater — kino

Finnish

  • screen — valkokangas
  • movie theater — elokuvateatteri

French

  • projectionist — projectionniste
  • reel — bobine
  • movie theater / cinema — salle de cinéma / cinéma

Gaelic

  • movie theater — pictiúrlann

German

  • movie theater / cinema — Kino
  • projectionist — Filmvorführer
  • screen — Bildwand
  • screen — Leinwand
  • screen — Projektionswand

Hebrew

  • movie theater — בית קולנוע

Hungarian

  • movie theater / cinema — filmszínház
  • projection — vetités
  • reel — tekercs (plural: tekercset)

Icelandic

  • movie theater — kvikmyndahús

Indonesian

  • movie theater — bioskop

Italian

  • movie theater / cinema — cinema / sala cinematografica
  • projectionist — proiezionista

Japanese

  • 35mm — 35ミリ
  • acetate — アセテート
  • analog — アナログ
  • anamorphic — アナモフィック
  • aperture plate — 開口プレート
  • archive — アーカイブ
  • aspect ratio — アスペクト比
  • movie — 映画
  • movie theater / cinema — 映画館
  • projection — 映写
  • projectionist — 映写技師
  • projector (specifically movie projectors) — 映写機
  • projector (more general term) — プロジェクタ
  • reel — フィルム一巻 or リール
  • screen — スクリーン

Javanese

  • movie theater — biyoskup

Korean

  • movie theater — 영화관
  • screen — 스크린

Latvian

  • movie theater — kinoteātris

Lithuanian

  • movie theater — kino teatras

Luxembourgish

  • movie theater — Kino

Norwegian

  • movie theater — kino

Macedonian

  • movie theater — Кино

Malay

  • movie theater — pawagam / panggung wayang gambar

Mongolian

  • movie theater — Кинотеатр

Pashto

  • movie theater — سينما

Persian

  • movie theater — سینما

Polish

  • movie theater / cinema — kino
  • screen — ekran kinowy / ekran projekcyjny

Portuguese

  • movie theater — sala de cinema / cinema

Romanian

  • movie theater — cinematograf / sală de cinema

Russian

  • movie theater — Кинотеатр

Serbian

  • movie theater — Биоскоп / кино

Spanish

  • analog — analógico
  • anamorphic — anamorfico
  • celluloid — celuloide
  • grain — grano
  • lens — lente
  • movie theater / cinema — sala de proyección / sala de cine / cine
  • projection — proyección
  • projection booth — cabina de proyección / cabina / caseta
  • projectionist — proyeccionista / operador de cine
  • projector — proyector
  • reel — rollo
  • screen — pantalla de proyección

Slovak

Much of this information is from reading inspection forms that came from a Slovak film distributor

  • aspect ratio — obrazovy formát / formát obrazového pole
  • audio — zvuk
  • film format — nosič
  • film print — filmového materiálu
  • inspection — kontrole
  • movie theater / cinema — kino
  • screening — predstavení
  • soundtrack — stopa
  • splice — nalepené ukázky
  • projection booth — promitací kabina
  • projectionist — promítač

Slovenian

  • movie theater — kino

Sudanese

  • movie theater — bioskop

Swahili

  • movie theater — jumba la sinema

Swedish

  • movie theater / cinema — biograf
  • projectionist — biografmaskinist
  • screen — filmduk (plural: filmduken)

Tagalog

  • movie theater — sinehan

Thai

  • movie theater — โรงภาพยนตร

Turkish

  • movie theater — sinema

Ukranian

  • movie theater — Кінотеа́тр

Vietnamese

  • movie theater — rạp chiếu phim
  • screen — màn chiếu

Welsh

  • movie theater — sinema

Wolof

  • movie theater — sinemaa

Zulu

  • movie theater / cinema — ibhayisikobho