Preserve what a quotation actually claims
Zitate kürzen, ohne Bedingungen zu verlieren
Identify how omitted objects, conditions and time markers alter a quotation or indirect summary.
Accurate individual words do not guarantee a faithful quotation. The original doubts a proposed start date under current conditions; the shortened headline doubts the project itself. Indirect speech may paraphrase faithfully if it preserves the object, condition and possibility of revision. Derzeit and endgültig are not interchangeable: one limits a statement to now, while the other closes a future possibility.
Die Aussage bezieht sich auf den vorgesehenen Baubeginn.
The statement concerns the planned construction start.
Ihre Geltung ist auf die derzeitigen Bedingungen begrenzt.
Its validity is limited to current conditions.
Eine Neubewertung wurde ausdrücklich offengelassen.
Reassessment was explicitly left open.
Die Auslassung verschiebt den Gegenstand der Kritik.
The omission shifts the object of the criticism.
Die indirekte Wiedergabe bewahrt den begrenzten Geltungsbereich.
The indirect account preserves the limited scope.
Ein wörtliches Fragment kann im neuen Zusammenhang irreführen.
A literal fragment can mislead in a new context.
Accurate individual words do not guarantee a faithful quotation. The original doubts a proposed start date under current conditions; the shortened headline doubts the project itself. Indirect speech may paraphrase faithfully if it preserves the object, condition and possibility of revision. Derzeit and endgültig are not interchangeable: one limits a statement to now, while the other closes a future possibility.
Identify how omitted objects, conditions and time markers alter a quotation or indirect summary.
Do not replace criticism of a schedule with rejection of a project, or treat literal fragments as automatically faithful to their context.
Check three boundaries: what is judged, under which conditions and for which time. In indirect reporting, habe … offengelassen can attribute a past statement without making it the reporter’s own claim. Avoid adding endgültig when revision is explicitly possible.
Write a 250–300-word German editorial note comparing the original statement and the two distorted versions. Provide an accurate short headline and an indirect summary that retains the conditional reassessment.