The phrase "alternative wording for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to suggest different ways to express the same idea or phrase.
Example: "Can you provide an alternative wording for this sentence to make it clearer?"
Alternatives: "different phrasing for" or "rephrasing of".
In compromise negotiations that were expected to continue into Thursday at least, the Brazilians offered alternative wording for a potential resolution that would basically keep the Goldstone report within the Human Rights Council for the time being.
It is less useful to conduct TA after the psychometric evaluation has been performed, and if performed during this later stage, options to address issues detected are limited to providing alternative wording for future translations which may still be beneficial.
Ratings of 3 or 4 are likely to be associated with recommendations for revisions to the source wording to address the threat to conceptual equivalence, while a rating of 2 may result in suggested alternative wording for future translations that is considered conceptually equivalent but no proposed changes to the source text.
However, it may still be beneficial to conduct TA on a measure after psychometric evaluation in order to prepare for translation and generate alternative wording for any items that are identified as problematic by TA but cannot be changed in the measure.
As an alternative wording for 'state of low disease activity', one may consider the wording 'drug-requiring remission'.
Cognitive interviews indicated issues with item comprehension on several items which led to alternative wording for these items.
She takes out her lyric sheet, and in a gentle voice suggests some alternative words for the beginning of the chorus.
He quotes one of his most anthologised poems, 'The Thought-Fox', and wonders if he had chosen alternative words for the fox - 'the slight tremor of its hanging tongue and its breath making little clouds... the snow-crumbs dropping from its pads as it lifts each one in turn' - it might have been more alive.
Even the dearth of alternative words for love in English might be eased if children were given the opportunity to reflect upon love.
