| Subject | English | German |
| book. | In order to kill time I'll read my | Um die Zeit totzuschlagen, lese ich mein Buch. |
| gen. | In order to kill time I'll read my book | Um die Zeit totzuschlagen, lese ich mein Buch |
| transp., mech.eng. | read-back order | Lesebefehl |
| comp., MS | reading order | Leserichtung (The visual order in which characters, words, and groups of words are displayed. English and most other European languages are displayed in left-to-right order and Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and Urdu are displayed in right-to-left order) |
| comp., MS | Right-to-Left Reading Order | Leserichtung von rechts nach links (The item on the right-click menu in a conversation that changes the Communicator user interface so it supports a right-to-left language) |