printtechnisch

English translation: print highlighting

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German term or phrase:printtechnisch
English translation:print highlighting
Entered by: Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth

14:05 Feb 13, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Printing & Publishing
German term or phrase: printtechnisch
I am working on a bureaucratic document G>E. They keep using the term "ein Wort printtechnisch hervorheben".
Is it good enough to call this in English "to use typographic highlightinhg"?
Any ideas?
Thank you.
Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
Local time: 10:26
print highlighting
Explanation:
Robert Shenk - 1997 - Language Arts & Disciplines
Hence any use of what one might call the "tricks of typography" — print highlighting — is no longer allowed. However, one must still be careful to see that ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1557508313...

though typographic highlighting seems to be used, too

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-02-13 16:26:25 GMT)
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or here:
www.wagons-wheels.com/whthwonweart.html
Selected response from:

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 17:26
Grading comment
Thank you very much, Edith.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1underlined or emphasized in print
Nicole Schnell
3print highlighting
Edith Kelly
4 -1bold
Gabriella Bertelmann


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
underlined or emphasized in print


Explanation:
One possibility.

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 08:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 147

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Edith Kelly: could also be italics e.g.
2 hrs
  -> Exactly - emphasized. Italics, bold print, upper case, letterspacing, small caps...

agree  Helen Shiner: Quite so. By means of print technology - ie using the devices available within the print media.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Helen!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
print highlighting


Explanation:
Robert Shenk - 1997 - Language Arts & Disciplines
Hence any use of what one might call the "tricks of typography" — print highlighting — is no longer allowed. However, one must still be careful to see that ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1557508313...

though typographic highlighting seems to be used, too

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-02-13 16:26:25 GMT)
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or here:
www.wagons-wheels.com/whthwonweart.html

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 17:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 82
Grading comment
Thank you very much, Edith.
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
bold


Explanation:
sounds like bold text to me

Gabriella Bertelmann
Local time: 17:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Edith Kelly: could be anything ... bold, italics, underlined etc.
4 hrs
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