The phrase "a former rendering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a previous version or interpretation of something, such as a text, artwork, or performance.
Example: "The author decided to revise the manuscript, moving away from a former rendering that had received mixed reviews."
Alternatives: "an earlier version" or "a previous interpretation".
"What an education in life gum printing is!" he exclaims, and he takes pains to educate us: "Quidnacrone gold and amethyst both achieve a remarkable tonal range in one printing; however, in four-color printing the former renders yellows as brown and the latter will degrade the separation between red and blue".
The former renders memory-speed high I/O performance and the latter renders consistent storage with large capacity.
Among the two functional monomers tested, namely 4-vinylpyridine (4-vpy) and methacrylic acid (MAA), the former rendered the best selectivity for BPA analysis.
The former rendered short Li+ diffusion pathways in TiO2 thin film, while the latter offered excellent electronic conductivity as well as a large intimate contact area between the electrolyte and TiO2.
The whole process is done without informing the user; so "JP納豆.例.jp" becomes "xn--jp-cd2fp15c.xn--fsq.jp" in transit, but you never see the unintelligible latter one, only the former, rendered in its intended language.
When he left college in 1982, Mr. Bortugno preserved a modicum of independence by moving into a former stanchion barn rendered obsolete by a new milking facility.
In a 2003 review of the collection for The New Yorker, John Updike wrote that Maqroll's journey in the first novella, "The Snow of the Admiral," in which he hopes to reunite with a former lover, is "rendered so vividly as to furnish a metaphor for life as a colorful voyage to nowhere".
The candidates range from teachers, a small business owner and an insurance broker to two unemployed, one working on getting a job and another a former quality supervisor analyst rendered unable to work by a disability.
The candidates range from a tire stores manager, teachers, a small business owner and an insurance broker, to two unemployed folks, one working on getting a job and another a former quality supervisor analyst rendered unable to work by a disability.
Eugene Lafleur, the Canadian jurist and a former professor of international law, rendered Solomonic judgment: about four-fifths of the Chamizal (the area south of the river prior to the 1864 floods) would be Mexico's, and the rest would belong to the United States.
