Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
abweichend
English translation:
not what the (customer) was expecting/expected
Added to glossary by
Wendy Streitparth
Mar 28, 2015 19:52
9 yrs ago
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German term
abweichend
German to English
Bus/Financial
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Business Correspondence
I am struggling with "abweichend erwartet". Any help would be much appreciated.
Das [NAME OF THE CONTRACTOR], entgegen der getroffenen Zusage, uns diesen Status bis Ende Februar 2015 nicht mitgeteilt hat, entspricht zwar Ihrem Änderungswunsch wurde von [NAME OF THE CLIENT] aber abweichend erwartet.
Das [NAME OF THE CONTRACTOR], entgegen der getroffenen Zusage, uns diesen Status bis Ende Februar 2015 nicht mitgeteilt hat, entspricht zwar Ihrem Änderungswunsch wurde von [NAME OF THE CLIENT] aber abweichend erwartet.
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +10 | not what the (customer) was expecting/expected | Wendy Streitparth |
4 | ...was expected differently. | Claudia Hoffmann |
Change log
Mar 29, 2015 10:18: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "Business/Commerce (general)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Apr 2, 2015 08:21: Wendy Streitparth Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Selected
not what the (customer) was expecting/expected
I don't think you can translate it literally in English.
Peer comment(s):
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José Patrício
: to deviate [differ] - abweichen [sich entfernen, unterscheiden] - http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/deviate.html
27 mins
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Thanks, spielenschach1
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agree |
Benjamin Schmitt
1 hr
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Danke, Benhamin
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agree |
Donald Jacobson
2 hrs
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Thanks, Donald
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Jacek Konopka
2 hrs
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Thanks, Jacek
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Cilian O'Tuama
: this seems to be the gist of the faulty ST
6 hrs
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Yes, can only be with reservations. Thanks anyway.
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BrigitteHilgner
: I strongly recommend NOT to translate the German sentence literally - it's rather dreadful.
10 hrs
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Danke Brigitte. Wonder what the rest of the text is like!
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agree |
Steffen Walter
13 hrs
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Danke, Steffen
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Ramey Rieger (X)
: Well decoded, Wendy!
14 hrs
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Nothing like an enigma!
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 day 17 hrs
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Many thanks, Harald
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agree |
gangels (X)
1 day 23 hrs
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Thanks, gangels
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
13 hrs
...was expected differently.
...was expected differently.
Note from asker:
Thanks for the input Claudia! |
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