Umschreibung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- paraphrase noun A restatement of a passage or idea in different words, usually to make it clearer or shorter.
- transliteration noun The process of writing a word from one alphabet using the letters of another, so that the sounds are preserved rather than the meaning translated.
Senses
Umschreibung is used for these senses in English:
- paraphrase A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.
- transliteration (linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.
paraphrase — full definition
- noun A restatement of a passage or idea in different words, usually to make it clearer or shorter.
- verb To restate something in different words while keeping the same meaning.
transliteration — full definition
- noun The process of writing a word from one alphabet using the letters of another, so that the sounds are preserved rather than the meaning translated.
- noun A particular word or text that has been rendered in another alphabet in this way.