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Kangiten Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

"represent"

hello Emotion: smile

"The next step consists in representing your scenario as a series of diagrams"

Is the verb "to represent" correctly used in that context (i.e.make a series of diagrams that show in detail what the scenario is) ? If not, could anyone suggest an alternative?

Thanks for any help, as always Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

I don't see any problem at all with the choice of the word representing . What, may I ask , is the basis of your hesitation, Kangiten?

— Davkett

  • I don't see any problem at all with the choice of the word representing .
  • What, may I ask , is the basis of your hesitation, Kangiten?
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I don't see any problem at all with the choice of the word representing. What, may I ask , is the basis of your hesitation, Kangiten?
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davkett,

Thanks for the reply, that was fast [H]

I'm French and work as a translator in my firm, I translate in the wrong direction, so to speak so I tend to hesitate with words sometimes, especially when similar French words exist; I'm afraid of letting my use of French influence my English translations. For instance, the french verb "représenter" was used in the origin
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Represent is a fine word choice, but I do see something I think is incorrect. 'In' does not sound right. I would use 'of'.
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'To consist in + (something)' means 'to be based on something'

whereas

'To consist of + (something) means 'to be formed from more than two things'

So which meaning are you after??
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