Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
menneskesprog
English translation:
layman's language / plain language
Added to glossary by
Anton Konashenok
Dec 9, 2016 19:18
7 yrs ago
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Danish term
Germany
NO/DK/SV > EN translator
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Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English
menneskesprog
Danish to English
Bus/Financial
Media / Multimedia
"Compliance med menneskesprog"
This is from a presentation laying out company guidelines for social media. It talks of 'menneskesprog' - but found this rather unusual. 'Compliance with human language' doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me?
Any ideas?
This is from a presentation laying out company guidelines for social media. It talks of 'menneskesprog' - but found this rather unusual. 'Compliance with human language' doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me?
Any ideas?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | layman's language |
Anton Konashenok
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| 4 | plain language / plain English |
Christine Andersen
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Feb 11, 2017 10:51: Anton Konashenok Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Anton Konashenok
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Czech Republic
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Czech Republic
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Works in: French to English, Czech to English, Danish to English, and 10 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
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layman's language
Or layman's terms, or plain language.
That is, the text intended for social networks should not be aimed at the general public rather than professionals, and accordingly, should not contain professional language.
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Note added at 16 mins (2016-12-09 19:34:34 GMT)
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oops... the text SHOULD be aimed at the general public
That is, the text intended for social networks should not be aimed at the general public rather than professionals, and accordingly, should not contain professional language.
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Note added at 16 mins (2016-12-09 19:34:34 GMT)
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oops... the text SHOULD be aimed at the general public
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your help! Having spoken to the client they wanted to go for 'Compliance with plain language guidelines'."
27 mins
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
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Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
plain language / plain English
I would translate this as ´plain English´ or ´plain language´.
It is generally used to mean avoiding kancellisprog, jargon, officialese etc.
It may also be used of saying things directly, but it is NOT meant as dumbing down as a rule.
Rules are sometimes worded to make them sound authoritative or forbidding, but it is usually counter-productive!
´Menneskesprog´ may also mean saying complicated things in laymen´s terms, as here, referring to a book about Niels Bohr:
http://viborg-folkeblad.dk/viborg/Banebrydende-ligninger-kog...
Banebrydende ligninger kogt ned til menneskesprog
Atomfysik er heftigt stof, men fordi forfatteren ret beset intet anede om fysik, da hun besluttede sig for at skrive bogen om Bohr, formår hun at skrive, så alle med almindelige læsekundskaber bliver klogere på manden og på hans videnskabelige forskning.
It is generally used to mean avoiding kancellisprog, jargon, officialese etc.
It may also be used of saying things directly, but it is NOT meant as dumbing down as a rule.
Rules are sometimes worded to make them sound authoritative or forbidding, but it is usually counter-productive!
´Menneskesprog´ may also mean saying complicated things in laymen´s terms, as here, referring to a book about Niels Bohr:
http://viborg-folkeblad.dk/viborg/Banebrydende-ligninger-kog...
Banebrydende ligninger kogt ned til menneskesprog
Atomfysik er heftigt stof, men fordi forfatteren ret beset intet anede om fysik, da hun besluttede sig for at skrive bogen om Bohr, formår hun at skrive, så alle med almindelige læsekundskaber bliver klogere på manden og på hans videnskabelige forskning.
Note from asker:
| Hi Christine, thanks for your answer. I guess I am being thrown a bit as this is a title of a presentation slide. Whilst I agree that 'menneskesprog'm means plain language, I am stuggling with the title 'Compliance with plain language', as this doesn't mean much to me. |
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