Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
in den Fokus gerückt
English translation:
is important
German term
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Hebrew to English
in den Fokus gerückt
Auch Proband www aus den Altbundesländern führt wie Informant xxx ein Beispiel für einen Beruf an, in welchem ihm die Aussprache nebensächlich erscheint und begründet dies, dass man von dieser Berufsgruppe anstelle einer gepflegten Aussprache Sachverstand erwarte, impliziert damit aber gleichzeitig indirekt, dass es Berufsgruppen gibt, in denen die Aussprache *in den Fokus gerückt*wird:
| 4 +3 | is important |
philgoddard
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| 3 +4 | in which proper pronunciation is emphasized |
Jonathan MacKerron
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| 3 +1 | attention is focused on |
CArcher
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| 4 | to be placed under focus |
Adrian Bejan
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| 3 | to be placed under the spotlight |
Anne-Marie Grant (X)
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Non-PRO (1): Jim Tucker (X)
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Proposed translations
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
is important
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-24 19:07:45 GMT)
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There are some (categories of) jobs in which pronunciation is important.
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franglish
: another option would be "gains in importance"
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Thanks.
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Bernhard Sulzer
: is given special attention, comes to the fore, plays an important/central role
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Thank you.
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: yes, w/ Bernhard
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attention is focused on
Germany
True genius bears the name of obsession
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: Romanian to English, English to Romanian, German to English, and 3 more.
to be placed under focus
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Note added at 18 mins (2009-11-24 17:39:40 GMT)
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Example: "In addition, when the stressed syllable
is placed under focus [...]"
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Bernhard Sulzer
: I believe this would not be a native speaker's choice (IMO). And if I take your phrases to mean "under scrutiny" then it's not really what is meant here - namely "to be important".
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to be placed under the spotlight
e.g...whose pronunciation is placed under the spotlight/is the focus of attention
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
in which proper pronunciation is emphasized
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-24 20:04:07 GMT)
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certain professions do indeed emphasize proper pronunciation
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Veronika McLaren
: or stressed
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SusanneM
: or matters (natürlich ohne "is")
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Paul Skidmore
: I would drop "proper" and write "in which pronunciation matters"
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Monika Elisabeth Sieger
: with Paul!
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Discussion
I want to vote for "in which pronunciation matters", because in my opinion this is what people would say. It is more than just being important or being emphasised or being focussed on. If you say that in a particular profession the person's speech "is important", what you really mean is that it matters.
So let's just say that ! Susanne, please post an Answer - or I will !
it matters= it will have an effect on what happens" (my DCE)