Apr 1, 2015 06:16
9 yrs ago
2 viewers *
English term

Sharpened

English Other Linguistics
A theory of translation, a theory of semantic transfer, must mean one of two things. It is either an intentionally sharpened, hermeneutically oriented way of designating a working mode of all meaningful exchanges, of the totality of semantic communication.
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): Yvonne Gallagher, Victoria Britten

When entering new questions, KudoZ askers are given an opportunity* to classify the difficulty of their questions as 'easy' or 'pro'. If you feel a question marked 'easy' should actually be marked 'pro', and if you have earned more than 20 KudoZ points, you can click the "Vote PRO" button to recommend that change.

How to tell the difference between "easy" and "pro" questions:

An easy question is one that any bilingual person would be able to answer correctly. (Or in the case of monolingual questions, an easy question is one that any native speaker of the language would be able to answer correctly.)

A pro question is anything else... in other words, any question that requires knowledge or skills that are specialized (even slightly).

Another way to think of the difficulty levels is this: an easy question is one that deals with everyday conversation. A pro question is anything else.

When deciding between easy and pro, err on the side of pro. Most questions will be pro.

* Note: non-member askers are not given the option of entering 'pro' questions; the only way for their questions to be classified as 'pro' is for a ProZ.com member or members to re-classify it.

Discussion

Howard Sugar Apr 1, 2015:
To sharpen means to intensify or to accentuate in this case.
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani (asker) Apr 1, 2015:
Sharpened What does "sharpened" mean here? Define it for me, please.
Steffen Walter Apr 1, 2015:
What ... ... is your question exactly?
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD Apr 1, 2015:
?

Responses

+3
1 hr
Selected

refined (improved to be more precise or exact)

or as Howard suggests in discussion
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/refined
Peer comment(s):

agree Victoria Britten
1 hr
Thanks:-)
agree Charles Davis : Yes, I think so
2 hrs
Thanks:-)
agree katsy
4 hrs
Thanks:-)
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search