Grobstruktur

English translation: macrostructure

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German term or phrase:Grobstruktur
English translation:macrostructure
Entered by: Heike Holthaus

14:26 Apr 19, 2017
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Printing & Publishing / Publishing Software
German term or phrase: Grobstruktur
Verweise auf** Grobstruktur** setzen

Für alle aus Hybrix bekannten Grobstrukturverweisziele wurden heading-Module erzeugt.

Ist "basic structure" hier der richtige Fachausdruck?
Heike Holthaus
United States
Local time: 02:40
macrostructure
Explanation:
Macrostructure is more suitable in such technical issues.

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The second example sentence is not maintained when copied. The actual text is as below in the source (check from the second address):
Still at a fourth level, the products of the <Cre
ation> process have an inherent <Structure> or information
architecture (covering everything from <MacroStructure>
such as <Chapter> and <Index> and <LocalTextStructures>
doWn to the level of <Paragraph> or <Emphasis> for Words or
phrases).
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Ahmet Yalcinkaya
Türkiye
Local time: 09:40
Grading comment
Thank you :)
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Summary of answers provided
4macrostructure
Ahmet Yalcinkaya
3coarse structure
gangels (X)
1rough/general structure
Wendy Streitparth


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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
macrostructure


Explanation:
Macrostructure is more suitable in such technical issues.

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Note added at 26 mins (2017-04-19 14:53:06 GMT)
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The second example sentence is not maintained when copied. The actual text is as below in the source (check from the second address):
Still at a fourth level, the products of the <Cre
ation> process have an inherent <Structure> or information
architecture (covering everything from <MacroStructure>
such as <Chapter> and <Index> and <LocalTextStructures>
doWn to the level of <Paragraph> or <Emphasis> for Words or
phrases).

Example sentence(s):
  • The macrostructure of a dictionary is, first and foremost, the ordered list of its entries.
  • Still at a fourth level, the products of the <Cre ation> process have an inherent <Structure> or information architecture (covering everything from <MacroStructure> such as <Chapter> and <Index> and <LocalTextStructures> doWn to the level of....).

    Reference: http://milca.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/B2/Textbook/DictStruct/MiL...
    https://www.google.ch/patents/US7886225
Ahmet Yalcinkaya
Türkiye
Local time: 09:40
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you :)
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
rough/general structure


Explanation:
If you’ve ever used formatting styles, you may want to add some headline styles for creating a rough structure already at the manuscript stage,
http://learnoutlive.com/best-software-writing-ebooks/

for the general structure: title, subtitle, several lead parts, main text, and reference section
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1761804/

Modern web pages are typically produced using HTML for content and general structure,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_layout

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 08:40
Native speaker of: English
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
coarse structure


Explanation:
another possibility

gangels (X)
Local time: 00:40
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 55
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