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sent. case

German translation: Normale Groß-/Kleinschreibung

14:09 Dec 13, 2012
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English term or phrase: sent. case
In printing price cards:
printing can be in upper case, lower case and "sent. case"

Looking at the picture, sent case looks to me like normal print, capitalised and then lower case. As there is a full stop after sent, I suppose it's an abbreviation for s.th.

Any suggestions welcome.
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 13:07
German translation:Normale Groß-/Kleinschreibung
Explanation:
Ich vermute, sent. case steht für "sentence case", und das wäre dann die normalste aller Schreibweisen:

Sentence case: The most common in English prose. Generally equivalent to the baseline universal standard of formal English orthography mentioned above; that is, only the first word is capitalized, except for proper nouns and other words which are generally capitalized by a more specific rule. (1)

Die wörtliche Übersetzung (Satzschreibweise) lässt sich zwar im Internet nachweisen, ich müsste da aber länger drüber nachdenken als bei "normale Groß-/Kleinschreibung" und würde daher das als Übersetzung wählen.
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Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 13:07
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Danke Klaus, du hast mich auf den richtigen Weg gebracht, danke auch an ntext
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3 +2Normale Groß-/Kleinschreibung
Klaus Herrmann
4Gemischtschreibung
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Normale Groß-/Kleinschreibung


Explanation:
Ich vermute, sent. case steht für "sentence case", und das wäre dann die normalste aller Schreibweisen:

Sentence case: The most common in English prose. Generally equivalent to the baseline universal standard of formal English orthography mentioned above; that is, only the first word is capitalized, except for proper nouns and other words which are generally capitalized by a more specific rule. (1)

Die wörtliche Übersetzung (Satzschreibweise) lässt sich zwar im Internet nachweisen, ich müsste da aber länger drüber nachdenken als bei "normale Groß-/Kleinschreibung" und würde daher das als Übersetzung wählen.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case
Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 13:07
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 58
Grading comment
Danke Klaus, du hast mich auf den richtigen Weg gebracht, danke auch an ntext

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agree  Gabriella Bertelmann: agree
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agree  Sabine Schlottky
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Gemischtschreibung


Explanation:
sentence case


    Reference: http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/Sentence-Case.htm
NGK
United States
Local time: 06:07
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 96
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