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10 Language-to-English DictionariesTextbaustein
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tekstbaushtain
"Der Vertrag enthält standardmäßige Textbausteine."
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Ready-made or reusable standardized text, code, or forms that can be used repeatedly with little or no change.
"The contract was full of standard boilerplate that we had to review."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originally referring to the standardized steel plates used in steam boilers, the term evolved in the late 19th century to describe syndicated newspaper material sent as ready-to-print plates, and later to standardized legal and computer text.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "boilerplate" is said worldwide
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texte type
Transliteration: tekst tip
"Ce contrat contient beaucoup de texte type."
Textbaustein
Transliteration: tekstbaushtain
"Der Vertrag enthält standardmäßige Textbausteine."
testo standard
Transliteration: testo standard
"Il contratto è pieno di clausole standard."
texto estándar
Transliteration: teksto estandar
"El documento incluye mucho texto estándar."
texto padão
Transliteration: tekstu padãu
Script: texto padrão
"O contrato contém muito texto padrão."
मानक पाठ
Transliteration: manak path
"इस अनुबंध में कई मानक पाठ शामिल हैं।"
样板文字
Transliteration: yǎngbǎn wénzì
"合同里包含了很多样板文字。"
상용구
Transliteration: sangyonggu
"이 계약서에는 표준 상용구가 많이 포함되어 있습니다."
定型文
Transliteration: teikeibun
"その契約書は多くの定型文を含んでいます。"
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