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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Early New High German literature | | German term or phrase: Apparat | Still criticizing a particular book (written by XX) about a medieval manuscript (& comparing it with other books on the same subject):
Darstellung der Textvariabilität fehlend (kein Apparat bei XX)
What on earth is the Apparat in this context? |
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| | (critical) apparatus | Explanation:
From Collins, s.v. "critical apparatus": "the variant readings, footnotes, etc. found in a scholarly work or a critical edition of a text"
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-08-02 18:15:32 GMT)
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Here is the corresponding entry from Duden, s.v. \"Apparat\": \"3 (Fachspr.) ... b) Zusammenstellung von Lesearten u. Verbesserungen von Texten: eine Textausgabe mit [kritischem] Apparat\" |
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Richard Benham
France
Local time: 18:32
| Grading comment Thank you for an excellent explanation - this is Proz at its best!
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2 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): -1
4 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +9 (critical) apparatus
Explanation:
From Collins, s.v. "critical apparatus": "the variant readings, footnotes, etc. found in a scholarly work or a critical edition of a text"
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Note added at 8 mins (2004-08-02 18:15:32 GMT)
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Here is the corresponding entry from Duden, s.v. \"Apparat\": \"3 (Fachspr.) ... b) Zusammenstellung von Lesearten u. Verbesserungen von Texten: eine Textausgabe mit [kritischem] Apparat\"
| Richard Benham
France
Local time: 18:32
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 16
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| | Grading comment | Thank you for an excellent explanation - this is Proz at its best! |
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