redirect

umleiten, umlenken

Etwas dazu bringen, sich in eine andere Richtung zu bewegen oder zu entwickeln.

In einfachem Englisch: To make something move or develop in a different direction.

• Workers redirected the traffic.
• We need to redirect resources toward urgent repairs.
• The wall redirects rainwater away from the house.

So benutzt man es: redirect something to/toward something (They redirected funding toward local schools.); redirect something away from something (The channel redirects water away from the road.)

Synonyme: divert, reroute

Häufige Wendungen: redirect traffic, redirect resources, redirect the flow

weiterleiten, umleiten

Etwas an eine andere Adresse oder einen anderen Ort als ursprünglich vorgesehen schicken.

In einfachem Englisch: To send something to a different address or location instead of the original one.

• Please redirect my mail.
• The link redirects visitors to our new website.
• All incoming emails were redirected to her assistant.

So benutzt man es: redirect something to something (We redirected the post to our new address.); be redirected to something (You will be redirected to the payment page.)

Synonyme: forward, reroute

Häufige Wendungen: redirect mail, redirect a link, redirect to something

weiterleiten, verweisen

Jemandem sagen, dass er woanders hingehen oder sich an eine andere Person wenden soll.

In einfachem Englisch: To tell someone to go to a different place or ask a different person.

• The receptionist redirected me upstairs.
• Please redirect callers to the support team.
• Visitors were redirected to the main entrance.

So benutzt man es: redirect someone to someone/something (The assistant redirected me to the manager.)

Synonyme: refer, direct

Häufige Wendungen: redirect someone elsewhere, redirect callers, redirect enquiries

umlenken

Jemanden behutsam zu hilfreicheren Gedanken oder Verhaltensweisen führen.

In einfachem Englisch: To gently guide someone toward more helpful thoughts or behaviour.

• She redirected the child toward a quieter activity.
• The therapist helped him redirect his anxious thoughts.
• Try to redirect her attention when she gets upset.

So benutzt man es: redirect someone toward something (He redirected the children toward a cooperative game.)

Synonyme: guide, refocus

Häufige Wendungen: redirect someone’s attention, redirect a child, redirect negative thoughts

Weiterleitung, Umleitung

Eine Einrichtung, die Besucher oder Anfragen automatisch von einer Adresse zu einer anderen leitet.

In einfachem Englisch: A change that automatically sends a visitor or request from one address to another.

• The page has a redirect.
• We set up a redirect to the new website.
• A broken redirect sent users to the wrong page.

So benutzt man es: a redirect from something to something (We added a redirect from the old page to the new one.)

Synonyme: redirection

Häufige Wendungen: website redirect, permanent redirect, set a redirect