redact
gb/ɹɪdˈækt/ us/ɹɪdˈækt/
C1
Engels
kitakar, anonimizál, sajtó alá rendez, egybeszerkeszt, szerkeszt
WERKWOORD
C1
FORMAL
1
kitakar
B2
anonimizál
C1
Gebruikspatroon:
redact [information] from [a document]; redact [a document/file/report]
The agency redacted the witnesses' names before releasing the report.
A hatóság kitakarta a tanúk nevét, mielőtt nyilvánosságra hozta a jelentést.
Please redact all personal data from the file before sending it to the client.
Kérjük, takarjon ki minden személyes adatot a fájlból, mielőtt elküldi az ügyfélnek.
Large sections of the email were redacted for security reasons.
Voorbeelden voor taalleerders
The lawyer redacted the client's address.
Az ügyvéd kitakarta az ügyfél címét.
They redacted the names in the report.
A jelentésben kitakarták a neveket.
Veelgemaakte fout:
Do not confuse redact with retract. Redact means hide or remove information; retract means take back a statement.
Betekenis
remove sensitive information
Woordcombinaties
redact names
|redact personal information
|redact sensitive information
|redact details
|redact a document
|redact a report
|redact a file
|redact an email
|automatically redact
|heavily redact
Synoniemen
censor (can imply suppressing information for political, moral, or official reasons)
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black out (emphasizes visually covering text so it cannot be read)
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remove (more general and less specific about official or confidential information)
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obscure (emphasizes making something unreadable or unclear rather than deleting it)
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anonymize (specifically means removing identifying personal information)
Antoniemen
disclose (make information known rather than hide it)
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reveal (show information that had been hidden)
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unredact (restore or show material that was previously redacted; more specialized)
Thema's
law
|privacy
|government
|documents
|business
Definitie
to hide or remove parts of a document before other people can see it
To remove, cover, or obscure words, images, names, or other information from a document or record before it is shared or published, especially because the information is confidential, private, or legally protected.
WERKWOORD
C2
FORMAL
2
Gebruikspatroon:
redact [a manuscript/text/collection] for publication; redact [sources] into [a text]
The historian redacted the letters and added notes for a new edition.
A történész sajtó alá rendezte a leveleket, és jegyzetekkel látta el őket egy új kiadáshoz.
A later editor redacted the separate accounts into a single narrative.
Egy későbbi szerkesztő egységes elbeszéléssé szerkesztette a különálló beszámolókat.
The manuscript was redacted by scholars before it appeared in print.
Voorbeelden voor taalleerders
The editor redacted the old letters for a book.
A szerkesztő sajtó alá rendezte a régi leveleket egy könyv számára.
Veelgemaakte fout:
This sense is much less common today; in modern contexts, most readers will understand redact as removing sensitive information.
Betekenis
edit for publication
Woordcombinaties
redact a manuscript
|redact a text
|redact a collection
|redact letters
|redact a chronicle
|redact sources
|redact for publication
Synoniemen
edit (the common everyday word for preparing or improving text)
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revise (emphasizes changing and improving an existing text)
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compile (emphasizes bringing material together from different sources)
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prepare (more general and less specifically textual)
Antoniemen
leave unedited (keep the text without editorial changes)
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publish unchanged (make the text public without preparing or altering it)
Thema's
publishing
|writing
|academia
|history
Definitie
to prepare a piece of writing for publication by editing and arranging it
To edit, select, or arrange written material so that it is ready for publication, especially in formal or scholarly contexts.
Grammatica
Lemmavorm
redact
IPA
GB/ɹɪdˈækt/
US/ɹɪdˈækt/
Lettergrepen en klemtoon
re - dact (2 lettergrepen)
Stress on 2nd syllable (dact)
Woordvormen
Verb
- Base: redact
- 3rd Person Singular: redacts
- Present Participle: redacting
- Past: redacted
- Past Participle: redacted
Uitdrukkingen
[name redacted]
1/nˈeɪm ɹɪdˈæktɪd/
fixed phrase
name intentionally withheld
a note showing that a person's name has been hidden
Voorbeelden
- The complaint referred to “[name redacted]” to protect the witness.
- In the published file, the employee's name was replaced with “[name redacted].”
- Online, she joked that her disastrous date with “[name redacted]” was a story for another day.
Voorbeelden voor taalleerders
- The document said “[name redacted]” instead of the person's real name.
heavily redacted
1/hˈɛvɪli ɹɪdˈæktɪd/
fixed phrase
formal
with many parts hidden
with many words or sections hidden
Voorbeelden
- The report was heavily redacted, with whole paragraphs blacked out.
- Investigators released a heavily redacted transcript of the interview.
- The emails were so heavily redacted that little useful information remained.
Voorbeelden voor taalleerders
- The file was heavily redacted.
- The heavily redacted report was hard to understand.
redacted version
1/ɹɪdˈæktɪd vˈɚʒən/
fixed phrase
formal
copy with parts removed
a copy with some private or secret parts hidden
Voorbeelden
- The court released a redacted version of the filing.
- Journalists received only a redacted version of the report.
- The company posted a redacted version of the contract online.
Voorbeelden voor taalleerders
- We saw a redacted version of the letter.
- The redacted version did not show the names.