Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
den Maßstab bilden
English translation:
to be the benchmark
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Apr 20, 2015 10:48
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German term
Germany
den Maßstab bilden
German to English
Science
IT (Information Technology)
Computer linguistics
Hi there!
I would appreciate assistance in translating the phrase "den Maßstab [...] bilden [...]" in the sentence below:
[Zwar benötigt man Frequenzlisten der jeweiligen Korpora als Grundlage für die Berechnung von Keywords, doch]
den Maßstab [zur Identifizierung von Fachterminologie] bilden Häufigkeitsklassen oder Signifikanzmaße.
(= man orientiert sich an Häufigkeitsklassen oder Signifikanzmaßen; sie bilden den Bezugspunkt)
That's my draft:
"[Indeed, frequency lists of the corpora are required as a basis for the calculation of keywords, but] the benchmark [for identifying technical terminology] constitute frequency classes or significance measures"
Does this sound idiomatic and render the meaning?
Thanks a lot!
I would appreciate assistance in translating the phrase "den Maßstab [...] bilden [...]" in the sentence below:
[Zwar benötigt man Frequenzlisten der jeweiligen Korpora als Grundlage für die Berechnung von Keywords, doch]
den Maßstab [zur Identifizierung von Fachterminologie] bilden Häufigkeitsklassen oder Signifikanzmaße.
(= man orientiert sich an Häufigkeitsklassen oder Signifikanzmaßen; sie bilden den Bezugspunkt)
That's my draft:
"[Indeed, frequency lists of the corpora are required as a basis for the calculation of keywords, but] the benchmark [for identifying technical terminology] constitute frequency classes or significance measures"
Does this sound idiomatic and render the meaning?
Thanks a lot!
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Apr 20, 2015 11:36: Steffen Walter changed "Field (write-in)" from "Computerlinguistics" to "Computer linguistics"
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are the benchmark
Or "are used as", or "serve as" the benchmark.
As polyglot45 says, you've misunderstood the German. Frequency classes and significance measures are the subject of the sentence - hence "den Maßstab bilden" rather than "der Maßstab bildet".
As polyglot45 says, you've misunderstood the German. Frequency classes and significance measures are the subject of the sentence - hence "den Maßstab bilden" rather than "der Maßstab bildet".
Note from asker:
| It's a bad habit of sticking too much to the source text when translating complex sentences and hence I transferred the German word order (OVS). Thanks a lot for pointing that out. Moreover, I wasn't sure about the terms "benchmark" and "constitute" (whether they collocate and whether they are the best choice). I like the "simple" version of just saying "are the benchmark". Always appreciate your fast and competent assistance! |
Peer comment(s):
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Armorel Young
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| agree |
Donald Jacobson
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| agree |
Eleanore Strauss
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| agree |
EK Yokohama
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