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rendering

rendering

1 5.0
A version of a text written in another language
  • noun
  • /ˈrɛndərɪŋ/
translation icon : traducción
  • The author provided a beautiful rendering of the original text in Spanish.

And one other thing, Nageen, maybe you don't know this, but the Greek rendering of Ursa Major is a big chubby bear with a big bushy tail.

Examples

  • But what is remarkable is the rendering in this book of female-centered ethnography.

    Academic text (2003)
  • For the new spoken Hebrew, they looked to the Sephardic dialect, believed to preserve a more authentic, precise rendering of ancient Hebrew.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Mr. Evans seems to suggest that there can be two opinions of his English rendering of the Welsh language.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The painting won a second-class medal for its fresh rendering of an ancient story.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Hence my rendering: "the God-experience." An awkward translation, but all the more accurate for that awkwardness.

    Academic text (1998)
  • None of these offers a precise rendering of the original term, and Rahula (1967), among others, leaves the term untranslated.

    Academic text (1990)
  • And we ask, is this representation a sufficient, adequate, accurate, or appropriate rendering of experience? - Amy Shuman (2005:3)

    Academic text (2017)
  • Kostenberger finds most renderings of parakletos unhelpful and offers his own definition of "helping Presence."

    Blog text (8)
  • Her rendering of the poem into French captured its essence perfectly.

  • In his article, he included a stunning rendering of the classic story in modern English.

Synonyms

version
vsrendering
2.0

A different form of something, like a book or program

refers specifically to a text in another language rather than any variant
translation
vsrendering
179 2.5

A written text in one language that keeps the meaning of an original text in another language

allows freer wording or interpretive choices rather than strict fidelity
9.6

A written text in another language that keeps the same meaning

is the common, broader word used in ordinary contexts

Compounds

A machine that puts plaster or cement on walls to cover them

rendering machine
  • Specialized
5.5

A computer that creates images and animations from 3D scenes

How Accurate

translation
179 2.5
rendering
1 5.0
adaptation
60 3.4

Surface Forms

rendering singular
renderings plural

Morphology

rendering = render (transparent) = render + ing

Clear nominalization of 'render' meaning 'to translate/interpret' to produce 'a translation/version'.

Etymology

The word rendering comes from Old French rendre and the Latin parts re- 'back' and dare 'to give'. A translation is like 'giving' the same text in another language, so a rendering is the version someone gives in that language.