revision

révision, remaniement

Action de modifier un texte, un projet ou une idée pour l’améliorer ou le corriger.

En anglais simple : The act of changing writing, a plan, or an idea to improve or correct it.

• The plan needs revision.
• Careful revision made the report much clearer.
• We allowed two days for revision before submitting the draft.

Comment l'utiliser : revision of something (The revision of the policy took several weeks.)

Synonymes : editing, reworking, correction

Expressions courantes : careful revision, revision of something, need revision

version révisée, modification

Nouvelle version d’un texte ou d’un projet, ou modification précise qui y est apportée.

En anglais simple : A changed version of a piece of writing or plan, or a particular change made to it.

• I sent you the latest revision.
• The council approved two revisions to the plan.
• This revision includes a new chapter and updated figures.

Comment l'utiliser : revision to something (The editor suggested a revision to the final paragraph.)

Synonymes : amendment, update, revised version

Expressions courantes : latest revision, new revision, revision to something

révisions

Le fait de revoir ce qu’on a déjà appris pour préparer un examen.

En anglais simple : Studying things you have already learned to prepare for a test or examination.

• I have some revision to do.
• She made a revision timetable before her exams.
• How much revision have you done for tomorrow’s test?

Comment l'utiliser : revision for something (I need more time for revision for my history exam.)

Synonymes : review, exam preparation

Expressions courantes : do revision, revision timetable, revision for something

récit remanié

Récit modifié ou allongé par un autre écrivain engagé par l’auteur d’origine.

En anglais simple : A story changed or made longer by another writer hired by its original author.

• The author hired someone to produce a revision.
• This revision adds scenes written by a second writer.
• Her revision of the story preserved the original ending.

Synonymes : reworking

Expressions courantes : commissioned revision, story revision, revision of something

réimaginer

Donner à quelque chose une nouvelle façon d’être compris ou imaginé.

En anglais simple : To give something a new way of being understood or imagined.

• We must revision our shared future.
• The poet revisioned the landscape through childhood memories.
• Her work revisions education as a lifelong adventure.

Comment l'utiliser : revision something as something (The artist revisioned the city as a place of hope.)

Synonymes : reimagine, re-envision

Expressions courantes : revision the future, revision society, revision something as something