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Sentido de lectura

English translation: reading direction

18:26 Jan 14, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Spanish term or phrase: Sentido de lectura
¿Cuál es el término empleado para designar la orientación o sentido de lectura occidental?
Es para la ficha de un libro. Sale: "Sentido de lectura: Occidental"
Francisco Rodriguez
Chile
English translation:reading direction
Explanation:
reading direction

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The sequential flow of the writing system of a particular language (e.g. for English this is left to right; for Arabic or Hebrew it is right to left).
...
In cultures where the reading direction is right to left, these principles are reversed, as can be seen by looking at cartoon strips versioned for Western readers.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.201...

For "Occidental", "Left to right" would be my choice, but I would imagine "Western" is okay too.
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 09:14
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reading direction


Explanation:
reading direction

QUICK REFERENCE

The sequential flow of the writing system of a particular language (e.g. for English this is left to right; for Arabic or Hebrew it is right to left).
...
In cultures where the reading direction is right to left, these principles are reversed, as can be seen by looking at cartoon strips versioned for Western readers.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.201...

For "Occidental", "Left to right" would be my choice, but I would imagine "Western" is okay too.

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 09:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks for your help

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: You're quick off the mark today!
1 min
  -> I don't know, 6 minutes is an age on here sometimes :-) Thanks, Charles.
agree  philgoddard
7 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil.
agree  Manuel Bas y Mansilla
8 mins
  -> Thanks, Manuel.
agree  Lorraine Valarino
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Lorraine.
agree  Uvierode Woglo
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Uvierode.
agree  JohnMcDove: Yes, Sir! :-)
4 hrs
  -> Gracias, señor!
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
13 hrs
  -> Thanks, Muriel.
agree  Chema Nieto Castañón: Yeap. I wonder how do they say right to left ;) // Sorry, Robert; it does also sound weird to me that they say Occidental in Spanish when they mean Left to right.
13 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chema. Is that a trick question? It's late here and I'm veeeery tired :-)
agree  Manuel Cedeño Berrueta: See comment above regarding the use of “Western reading direction”
17 hrs
  -> Point well taken, Manuel, thank you, and sorry for such a late reply. ¡Saludos!
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