#267: "Portraicts" to be translated as "portraits" (after context check)

opened by thuchacz

Check for all instances of "portrait" "portraict." If it makes sense that all can be translated as "portrait" or "portray" then make the change.

TLF documents shift beginning in 1538 toward portrait meaning a depiction of a person rather than the more capacious meaning it had (i.e., image) previously.


thuchacz commented:

Search "portr" (12), "pourtr" (11).

Consulted with PHS about all occurrences.

Used "drawing" "portrait" for specific uses and "picture" "portraying" for more general.