Sep 6, 2004 18:33
19 yrs ago
German term
help with sentences
German to English
Tech/Engineering
IT (Information Technology)
Insbesondere legte man keinen Wert auf fernöstliche Lieferanten, die hinlänglich für ihre ständigen Designwechsel bekannt sind. Langzeitverfügbarkeit war also das zweite große K.O.-Kriterium für [company name].
This is from a news article: I am trying to be as accurate as possible, yet also find as nice a way as possible to put this paragraph into English. Need suggestions. Can you help?
This is from a news article: I am trying to be as accurate as possible, yet also find as nice a way as possible to put this paragraph into English. Need suggestions. Can you help?
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Melanie Nassar
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Melanie Nassar
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They were not particularly interested in suppliers from Asian countries as these were noted for their repeated design changes. Long-term availability was the second important KO / (decisive) criteria for [XXX]
I don't know if KO criteria is really used in English; I prefer decisive.
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Note added at 1 hr 21 mins (2004-09-06 19:54:36 GMT)
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Let\'s try again:
In particular, they were not interested in Far Eastern suppliers, as these were noted for their repeated/constant design changes. Long-term availability was the second main exclusion criterion for [XXX]
I don't know if KO criteria is really used in English; I prefer decisive.
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Note added at 1 hr 21 mins (2004-09-06 19:54:36 GMT)
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Let\'s try again:
In particular, they were not interested in Far Eastern suppliers, as these were noted for their repeated/constant design changes. Long-term availability was the second main exclusion criterion for [XXX]
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Textklick
: Prefer Far Eastern to Asian. Not sure about KO (kick off, knock out?). Duden Oxford lists both. Also prefer criterion, but that could be pedantic :-)
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Right, Far Eastern is more exact and corresponds to source text. As for criterion, I debated whether using it would get me more more grief than not using it . Common usage won out over formal correctness. But input is appreciated :-)))
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Cilian O'Tuama
: KO = knockout (maybe 'exclusion' criterion) - I'd also move the 'particular'ly as IMO it doesn't refer to their interest, but to the Asian countries
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I like it, let's see how it sounds.
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Dr. Fred Thomson
: I'm with Textclick. Nothing wrong with being pedantic. Prefer grammatical correctness to political correctness.
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