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Cutter

film editor, video editor

noun KU-ter Rare
People & Society Professions

Origin: from English cutter

Usage Note

Cutter edits film and video footage in post-production. In German broadcasting and film the term is standard. Feminine: Cutterin. The German Cutter corresponds to 'editor' or 'cutter' in English. The modern title Filmeditor/Filmeditorin is increasingly preferred in formal contexts.

Examples

"Die Cutterin schnitt den Dokumentarfilm auf neunzig Minuten zusammen."

Natural Translation

The film editor cut the documentary down to ninety minutes.

Literal Translation

The editor cut the documentary-film down to ninety minutes together.

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