08:59 Apr 7, 2009 |
German to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Linguistics / Idiomatik | |||||||
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3 +2 | stylistic confidence |
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3 +1 | excellent grasp of style |
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3 | high degree of stylistic awareness |
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3 | effective style |
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3 | a sound style |
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high degree of stylistic awareness Explanation: ... wenn man es so umschreiben möchte. |
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excellent grasp of style Explanation: Could be "confident grasp of style", but that's perhaps a little weak in this context. |
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effective style Explanation: I'm aware "effective" is not really "sicher", but using it may be an alternative here. |
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a sound style Explanation: What concerns a writer is much less a words history than its present meaning and idiomatic habits. English being of all languages the one that has gathered its material from the most varied sources, the study of its etymology is naturally of exceptional interest. It is a study, however, worth undertaking for that interest, and as an end in itself, rather than as a means to acquiring either a sound style or even a correct vocabulary. http://tinyurl.com/ct2kjn "The essence of a sound style is that it cannot be reduced to rules – that it is a living and breathing thing with something of the devilish in it – that it fits its proprietor tightly yet ever so loosely, as a skin fits you. It is, in fact, quite as seriously an integral part of you as that skin is. . ." - H.L. Mencken http://www.audreybeaulacstyle.com/styledefined/labels/Paris.... |
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stylistic confidence Explanation: I think 'confidence' works well here. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2009-04-07 14:09:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or 'a confident style'. |
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