Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
bitte rechtsbündig eintragen
English translation:
Please enter flush right / please text-align right
Added to glossary by
Nicole Schnell
Jan 27, 2014 21:25
10 yrs ago
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German term
(bitte rechtsbuendig eintragen)
German to English
Marketing
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Written in brackets, as a remark next to one of the boxes of an application form/questionnaire. I am aware of the fact that it refers to right-alignment, but how can I put it nicely in the context?
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | Please enter flush right / please text-align right |
Nicole Schnell
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| 4 +2 | (Please do not leave any spaces on the right) |
Lancashireman
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| 3 | (entries must be right-aligned) |
Yorkshireman
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Change log
Jan 28, 2014 09:00: Cetacea changed "Field" from "Medical" to "Marketing" , "Field (specific)" from "Medical: Health Care" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Feb 3, 2014 21:31: Nicole Schnell Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+3
43 mins
Nicole Schnell
United States
United States
Native in German
Specializes in field
United States
Award winning Advertising/Marketing
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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36
Selected
Please enter flush right / please text-align right
Another option.
Peer comment(s):
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Marga Shaw
2 hrs
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Thanks, Marga!
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Rosa Paredes
7 hrs
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Thanks, Rosa!
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Johanna Timm, PhD
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Thanks, Johanna!
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Yorkshireman
: I don't think any layperson reading this would know what to do - we are all familiar with processing text - others outside our profession may not be. I've just changed it to a neutral to be fair to you. I can't find anything simpler than Andrew's answer.
1 day 47 mins
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"Flush right" is more sophisticated than "rechtsbündig"? Interesting... :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
12 mins
(Please do not leave any spaces on the right)
Omit 'please' if too long. Retain 'please' to keep it nice.
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2014-01-28 22:44:23 GMT)
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Hello Maja
Could you tell us a bit more about your "context"? I got the impression from the way your question was framed that you were looking for something that would be instantly understood by a lay person filling in the questionnaire. Other contributors may have read your criteria as meaning something that could not be (wilfully) misinterpreted by a literal-minded computer geek.
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2014-01-28 22:44:23 GMT)
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Hello Maja
Could you tell us a bit more about your "context"? I got the impression from the way your question was framed that you were looking for something that would be instantly understood by a lay person filling in the questionnaire. Other contributors may have read your criteria as meaning something that could not be (wilfully) misinterpreted by a literal-minded computer geek.
Peer comment(s):
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J Fox
3 mins
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| agree |
opolt
1 hr
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| disagree |
Rosa Paredes
: This sounds odd and it could be misinterpreted.
7 hrs
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Has this been entered as an example of a self-referential sentence? More here: http://www2.vo.lu/homepages/phahn/humor/self_ref.htm
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Yorkshireman
: This makes it much clearer to someone with no knowledge of text processing terminology - i.e. almost everyone not contributing to Kudoz :-)
1 day 1 hr
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1 day 2 hrs
(entries must be right-aligned)
Obviously, the form is meant to be filled out on a computer, as right-aligning handwriting is a pretty difficult thing to do (at least, not without writing the words backwards or in Hebrew :-) ).
So we may assume that any applicant must at least be computer-literate and quite probably would understand "right-aligned".
Nevertheless, I still agree with Mr Swift's simpler wording for the incognoscenti.
So we may assume that any applicant must at least be computer-literate and quite probably would understand "right-aligned".
Nevertheless, I still agree with Mr Swift's simpler wording for the incognoscenti.
Discussion
It is also only applicable for a form to be filled in on a computer - try writing right-aligned by hand - it works quite well in Hebrew :-)
I reckon that our colleague Mr Swift's answer comes much closer to something that a layperson could comprehend when faced with an application form - things like forms are almost always difficult enough to understand anyway.