Spanish term
Chile
Translation and Subtitling
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
Sentido de lectura
Es para la ficha de un libro. Sale: "Sentido de lectura: Occidental"
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Robert Carter
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Proposed translations
Mexico
Translating full-time since 1998
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English
reading direction
QUICK REFERENCE
The sequential flow of the writing system of a particular language (e.g. for English this is left to right; for Arabic or Hebrew it is right to left).
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In cultures where the reading direction is right to left, these principles are reversed, as can be seen by looking at cartoon strips versioned for Western readers.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.201...
For "Occidental", "Left to right" would be my choice, but I would imagine "Western" is okay too.
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Charles Davis
: You're quick off the mark today!
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I don't know, 6 minutes is an age on here sometimes :-) Thanks, Charles.
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philgoddard
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Thanks, Phil.
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Manuel Bas y Mansilla
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Thanks, Manuel.
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Lorraine Valarino
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Thanks, Lorraine.
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Uvierode Woglo
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Thanks, Uvierode.
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JohnMcDove
: Yes, Sir! :-)
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Gracias, señor!
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Thanks, Muriel.
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Chema Nieto Castañón
: Yeap. I wonder how do they say right to left ;) // Sorry, Robert; it does also sound weird to me that they say Occidental in Spanish when they mean Left to right.
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Thanks, Chema. Is that a trick question? It's late here and I'm veeeery tired :-)
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Manuel Cedeño Berrueta
: See comment above regarding the use of “Western reading direction”
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Point well taken, Manuel, thank you, and sorry for such a late reply. ¡Saludos!
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Discussion
Este comentario es igualmente válido y aplicable al texto origen de la consulta; en español se dice normalmente [dirección de lectura/escritura] “de izquierda a derecha” o “de derecha a izquierda”, NO “occidental” u “oriental”.
(https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escritura_de_derecha_a_izquier...
Evolución de la escritura y de sus soportes
(https://www.monografias.com/trabajos92/evolucion-escritura-y...
So, China, Korea and Japan are Eastern countries where people don’t read left-to-right or right-to-left.
Besides that, in Israel and all Arab countries (Eastern countries) people read right-to-left, but in other Eastern countries, including Philippines, India and Russia, people read left-to-right.