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English translation: detached / being vaccant / being empty / blank

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German term or phrase:	freistehend
English translation:	detached / being vaccant / being empty / blank
Entered by:	Lucia Moon

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03:06 Jun 7, 2011

German to English translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama

German term or phrase: freistehend

direction or notation in a video script

Seamus Mullarkey KudoZ activity Questions: 8 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 18:31

detached / be vaccant / be empty

Explanation:
different meanings - really depends on your context

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-06-07 06:41:34 GMT)
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sorry, I meant being vaccant or being empty

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Lucia Moon
Singapore
Local time: 06:31

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Summary of answers provided

detached / be vaccant / be empty

Lucia Moon

standing alone/off

Ramey Rieger

free standing

Kphred

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

2 mins confidence:

free standing

Explanation:
Is this a trick question?

Kphred
Local time: 16:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: No--not a trick Q. it always appears on its own opposite time stamp--I'm not familiar w/ Engl lang film scripts and wondered if it indicated a common scripting term such as "blank" "blank screen" or "tape blank" or sthg similar

3 hrs confidence:

detached / be vaccant / be empty

Lucia Moon
Singapore
Local time: 06:31
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: It appears always opposite time stamp, e.g., 07:57 freistehend or 19:24 freistehend. I'm guessing maybe "left blank" or "blank screen". I wondered if there were a standard term commonly used in scripts for this...

Asker: Thanks for this. Given the context I eventually went with "blank" to indicate a blank screen and no commentary. Best regards, Seamus

5 hrs confidence:

standing alone/off

Explanation:
It's really just anyone's guess without more context

Ramey Rieger
Local time: 00:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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Changes made by editors

Jun 15, 2011 - Changes made by Lucia Moon:
Edited KOG entry	Lucia Moon's old entry - "freistehend" => "detached / be vaccant / be empty / blank"
Jun 15, 2011 - Changes made by Lucia Moon:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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