Palabra por palabra

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by pjt33

COCA lists 45 instances of "word by word", and although a couple are not American speakers (e.g. one is a quote from an Israeli minister), the majority are not obviously not native AmE speakers. BNC lists 12 instances, and since it's a quarter of the size that doesn't suggest a widely different frequency of usage between BrE and AmE.

I'm just saying what I know..................

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Still thinking ... with your example, I think that I would re-phrase it altogether: "...and then translated it word by word, looking each word up in the dictionary."

I have a doubt.

What does verbatim mean?

I don't understand that word.

Please I will glad with the support.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I have a doubt.

What does verbatim mean?

I don't understand that word.

Please I will glad with the support.

I believe, as the title of the post states, that it means literally "palabra por palabra". Or, "textual" o "textualmente".

An English definition would be:

• using exactly the same words; "he repeated her remarks verbatim"
• direct: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"

(from http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=verbatim )

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

What does verbatim mean?

It is Medieval Latin, used in English, meaning word for word (en latín, literalmente).

It means that something is an exact copy. If you are reporting something somebody said to you, and you are certain that what you say is exact, you can say you are reporting it verbatim. To emphasise extreme accuracy, you could use the whole expression verbatim et litteratim et punctatim: word for word, letter for letter, point for point.

Edit: Maybe I should type more quickly

[irmamar]

I see the difference. Thanks everybody.

[CrOtALiTo]

Thank to everyone for the help.