Separate a readable text from an understood instruction
Lesbar, verständlich, bearbeitbar oder bearbeitet?
Use word formation and context to distinguish a possibility, an observed feature and a completed action.
Lesbar can concern being able to recognise a written text; verständlich concerns understanding its content. In this account the larger print helps recognition, but an unclear expression remains. Bearbeitbar describes the possibility of editing, whereas bearbeitet describes work already done. These are not opposites: a file may have been edited and still be editable. The later comprehension trial has not happened yet.
Die größere Schrift ist besser lesbar.
The larger print is easier to read.
Eine erkennbare Formulierung ist nicht automatisch verständlich.
Recognisable wording is not automatically understandable.
Die konkrete Bezeichnung ersetzt den unklaren Ausdruck.
The specific designation replaces the unclear expression.
Die Datei ist bearbeitbar und wurde bereits bearbeitet.
The file is editable and has already been edited.
Der erneute Probelauf steht noch aus.
The further trial is still pending.
Der Bericht trennt Gestaltung, Bedeutung und geprüfte Wirkung.
The report distinguishes design, meaning and tested effect.
Lesbar can concern being able to recognise a written text; verständlich concerns understanding its content. In this account the larger print helps recognition, but an unclear expression remains. Bearbeitbar describes the possibility of editing, whereas bearbeitet describes work already done. These are not opposites: a file may have been edited and still be editable. The later comprehension trial has not happened yet.
Use word formation and context to distinguish a possibility, an observed feature and a completed action.
Do not treat a larger font as proof that all instructions are understood, or editable as already edited.
The suffix -bar often describes a possibility in such formations: bearbeitbar = can be edited. A participle such as bearbeitet can describe a completed action or resulting state. Do not substitute one for the other without checking time, context and what is being assessed.
Write 250–300 German words reporting the revision to the hotel team. Separate the visual change, the unclear expression, the revised wording and the pending trial. Use lesbar, verständlich, bearbeitbar and bearbeitet in sentences that make their different criteria clear.