to censor / to grade
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to censor
To have media content such as books, films, or news checked by the state or an institution and to remove or make inaccessible unwanted or forbidden parts of it.
In manchen Ländern wird das Internet stark zensiert.
In some countries, the internet is heavily censored.
to grade
(Especially in Austria and southern Germany) To evaluate and grade a school or university assignment.
Der Lehrer braucht noch eine Woche, um alle Aufsätze zu zensieren.
The teacher still needs a week to grade all the essays.
The meaning of 'zensieren' depends strongly on the context. If it is about control of media, politics, or the internet, it means 'to check and block'. In the context of school or university, it means 'to evaluate and grade'.
Die Regierung versucht, kritische Meinungen im Netz zu zensieren.
The government is trying to censor critical opinions online.
The meaning 'to give a grade' is used mainly in Austria and southern Germany. In other parts of Germany, the verbs 'benoten' (to grade) or 'korrigieren' (to correct) are more common.
In Österreich zensiert der Lehrer die Schularbeiten.
In Austria, the teacher grades the school assignments.
In the context of media control, 'zensieren' is often used with objects such as 'Filme' (films), 'Bücher' (books), 'die Presse' (the press), or 'das Internet' (the internet).
Der Diktator ließ alle Bücher zensieren, die seine Macht kritisierten.
The dictator had all books that criticized his power censored.
