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link 10.03.2005 2:27 |
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Subject: seek advise of professional translators I'm seeking your professional opinion regarding interchangeability between the words 'extract' and 'abstract' in the following context:(Sentence worded by a lawyer): "Please provide us extracts from Forms 16 and 18 of the Registration (..)" Does replacing the word 'extract' by 'abstract' hurt the meaning of the sentence? Is it at all appropriate in this case? Will greatly appreciate your advice. |
| marina, in my view substituting one for the other will be prejudicial to the purport in as much as the two r not altogether synonymous. extract means a sample of a text, whereas abstract is a synopsis, a precis. i would not advise throwing caution to the wind here and going ahead with it, just to be on the safer side. |
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link 10.03.2005 7:42 |
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Talgat (and anyone else who will be kind enough to view this), Here is the exact text. What would you say now- extract or abstract? (wording by non-English speaking lawyer): "We kindly request that XXX show us the DSP-5 application form which was submitted for adding YYY as a foreign consignee, for the AN 111 or alternatively - extracts from it, especially blocks 16 and 18." Many thanks to all. |
| marina, i would still go with extracts here. |
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