Talk:paraphrase

Is there any way to indicate in a text that a quote has been slightly altered to fit the context? (i.e. that the order of the words has been altered but the meaning remains the same). I'm looking for something like [sic], instead of using a footnote. Gambler Justice 19:39, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Use square brackets, as in "She [Mary] said this"

Hope this excerpt from WIKIPEDIA helps:

A paraphrase does not need to accompany a direct quotation, but when this is so, the paraphrase typically serves to put the source's statement into perspective or to clarify the context in which it appeared. A paraphrase is typically more detailed than a summary. One should add the source at the end of the sentence, for example: When the light was red trains could not go (Wikipedia).

Translation of the verb
A Latin translation could be paraphrazare which can be found here: "Poetas verbatim paraphrazare i.e. retentis iisdem vocabulis ordine tamen mutato." But I can't read the original 'gibberish' looking text. -Poskim (talk) 22:10, 8 July 2016 (UTC)