ocupac.

21:05 Apr 27, 2021
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
Spanish term or phrase: ocupac.
I am translating a news article. The publication has a standard heading that appears in the article, which includes the title of the publication and a bunch of facts about the layout, distribution, etc., often abbreviated, for example: "Área (cm2)" and "Doc." (presumably "documento" abbreviated), "Autor," "Num. Lec." (número de lectores), etc. Also appearing in this heading is the phrase "Ocupac. 100%." I presume this is an abbreviation for "ocupación," but I'm not sure what the term means in this context. It appears next to the term "área," so I imagine it has something to do with how much space the article takes up on the page perhaps? Anyone know about the meaning of this term and/or its standard translation into English? Thanks!
Autumn Linn
United States
Local time: 18:30


Summary of answers provided
4 +1occ. space
Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
4Space occ.
Shilpa Baliga
3occupancy
Lisa Rosengard
2newshole
David Hollywood


  

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occ. space


Explanation:
Amount of space occupied by news article

Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Lisa Rosengard: occupany
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
newshole


Explanation:
A newshole is a journalism term that stands for the amount of space available daily for news in a newspaper. The column inches reserved for newshole are usually the remaining spaces after paid advertisements are filled.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2021-04-28 02:15:17 GMT)
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might be a page with no ads....

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Note added at 5 hrs (2021-04-28 02:15:51 GMT)
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100% available for copy

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Note added at 5 hrs (2021-04-28 02:16:45 GMT)
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not much more than a guess though...

David Hollywood
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 27
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Space occ.


Explanation:
This is the space occupied on each page, including photographs.

Compare the percentages in the two articles on page 5 and page 7 in this link: http://www.abef.es/documentos/D_289.pdf

Shilpa Baliga
Local time: 02:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
occupancy


Explanation:
As the others say it's the amount of space occupied by the article or the news item.

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:30
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Native speaker of: English
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