KudoZ home » German to English » Linguistics

sichere Stilistik

English translation: stylistic confidence

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs
(or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

08:59 Apr 7, 2009

German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Linguistics / Idiomatik

German term or phrase: sichere Stilistik

Aus dem Angebot einer Agentur, die für ihr Angebot im Bereich Texten wirbt:
Prägnante Wortwahl, sichere Stilistik

trans-agrar KudoZ activity Questions: 175 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (22 closed without grading) Answers: 92 Germany
Local time: 21:55

English translation: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'.

Selected response from:

Anne-Marie Grant
Local time: 20:55

Grading comment

Thanks
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

stylistic confidence

Anne-Marie Grant

3 +1

excellent grasp of style

Armorel Young

a sound style

casper

effective style

Susanne Creak

high degree of stylistic awareness

Bernd Runge

Answers

23 mins confidence:

high degree of stylistic awareness

Explanation:
... wenn man es so umschreiben möchte.

Bernd Runge
Germany
Local time: 21:55
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

53 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

excellent grasp of style

Explanation:
Could be "confident grasp of style", but that's perhaps a little weak in this context.

Armorel Young
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

1 hr confidence:

effective style

Explanation:
I'm aware "effective" is not really "sicher", but using it may be an alternative here.

Susanne Creak
Australia
Local time: 05:55
Native speaker of:

German

3 hrs confidence:

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....

casper
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

stylistic confidence

Anne-Marie Grant
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 2

Grading comment

Thanks

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

Overview

Latest translation questions

Ask a translation question

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

sichere Stilistik

English translation: stylistic confidence

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

Answers

Sign in to your ProZ.com account...

Or create a new account

ProZ.com ideas

KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

sichere Stilistik

English translation: stylistic confidence

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

Answers

Sign in to your ProZ.com account...

Or create a new account

ProZ.com ideas

KudoZ™ translation helpThe KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.