English-German translations for rewrite

• neu schreiben
  Möchte die EU wirklich die Geschichte neu schreiben? Does the EU want to rewrite history?
  Gleichzeitig kann man aber die Geschichte nicht neu schreiben. At the same time, however, you cannot rewrite history.
  Außerdem müssen wir die Regeln des Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt neu schreiben. We must also rewrite the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact.
• umschreiben
  Den Sozialvertrag können Sie nicht über Nacht umschreiben. You cannot rewrite the social contract overnight.
  Es wird uns nicht gut tun, zu denken, dass wir den Vertrag von Nizza für Kroatien umschreiben können. It is not going to do any good to think we can rewrite the Nice Treaty for Croatia.
  Demnach haben diejenigen Recht, die uns mahnen, bei der Kritik an denen, die die Geschichte umschreiben wollen, Acht zu geben. People were right to say that we should listen carefully to the criticisms levelled against those who want to rewrite history.

Definition of rewrite

• The act of writing again or anew
• Something that has been written again
• To write again, differently; to modify (a piece of writing or music, etc
• To write out again (without changes

Examples

• The film script underwent a rewrite for the European market.
• The editor asked me to rewrite my article for a non-technical audience.

Related words

• rewriter
• scorewriter
• rewrite history