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onderscheidend vermogen

English translation: distinguishing capacity

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Dutch term or phrase:onderscheidend vermogen
English translation:distinguishing capacity
Entered by: Lucy Spring

16:24 Jan 8, 2003
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
Dutch term or phrase: onderscheidend vermogen
Het onderscheidend vermogen van deze variabele zit niet zozeer in het percentage teksten dat beschikbaar is, maar veeleer in ... etc....
Lucy Spring
distinguishing capacity
Explanation:
The way I understand it, applying this variable allows to distinguish relevant texts from others. In other words, we are describing the capacity of the variable to make a useful selection of texts.
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A Panel has in an earlier decision found that the letters "www" have no distinguishing
capacity in the context of domain name; in fact they have the effect of ...
Selected response from:

Anne Lee
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:55
Grading comment
Thank you! I think distinguishing characteristic would also suit in my context (there is of course a lot of the text that I didn't reproduce here), a term that seems to be used a lot in commercial parlance.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3distinguishing capacity
Anne Lee
4 +2Distinctive character
Adam Smith
5 +1discriminating capacity
Elisabeth Ghysels
4 +1distinctive capability
Alexander Schleber (X)
4distinctiveness/distinctive nature
MoiraB
4... the analytical value of this variable is not so much
jarry (X)
4discriminating capacity
Saskia Steur (X)


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Distinctive character


Explanation:
The distinctive character of these variables...

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e.g. from Euordicautom:

Subject - Law - Legislation - Jurisprudence(=JU)
NL
(1)
TERM ongerechtvaardigd voordeel trekken uit het onderscheidend vermogen van een merk

Reference verordening EG/40/94 Gemeenschapsmerk,art.8.5,PbEG L 11/1994;\"ongerechtsvaardigd voordeel\":Eenvormige Beneluxwet Merken 1962,Gemeenschappelijk Commentaar Regeringen ad art.1,punt 1;\"onderscheidende kracht\":Eenvormige Beneluxwet Tekeningen en Modellen 1966,Gemeenschappelijke Memorie van Toelichting bij art.3

Note {NTE} merkenrecht
EN
(1)
TERM to take unfair advantage of the distinctive character of the trade mark

Reference OJEC L 11/1994

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I\'m sorry, that should be \"this variable\".

Adam Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1145

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Satie
4 mins

agree  Ariser
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distinctiveness/distinctive nature


Explanation:
HTH

MoiraB
France
Local time: 21:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 258
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
distinctive capability


Explanation:
vermogen = capability, which I also think fits the source context better.

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 21:55
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 826

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllisonK (X)
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
distinguishing capacity


Explanation:
The way I understand it, applying this variable allows to distinguish relevant texts from others. In other words, we are describing the capacity of the variable to make a useful selection of texts.
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A Panel has in an earlier decision found that the letters "www" have no distinguishing
capacity in the context of domain name; in fact they have the effect of ...


    arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/ html/2000/d2000-1271.html
Anne Lee
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 97
Grading comment
Thank you! I think distinguishing characteristic would also suit in my context (there is of course a lot of the text that I didn't reproduce here), a term that seems to be used a lot in commercial parlance.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saskia Steur (X)
2 hrs

agree  Nellie Voss
3 hrs

agree  LouisV (X)
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
... the analytical value of this variable is not so much


Explanation:
found in the percentage of available texts but rather in ...

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 21:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 3855
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
discriminating capacity


Explanation:
Greetings,

Nikolaus

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http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Aest/AestWard.htm

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closer to your context:

http://www.ditd.org/floater.php?location=195


    Reference: http://beaskund.helloyou.ws/netnews/bk/fire/fire1110.html
Elisabeth Ghysels
Local time: 21:55
PRO pts in pair: 168

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): This is the correct statistical term.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
discriminating capacity


Explanation:
Quote: "Using item by item assessment of discriminating capacity, we developed a brief ten item Italian version"


    Reference: http://www.projectcork.org/bibliographies/data/Bibliography_...
Saskia Steur (X)
Local time: 21:55
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in pair: 331
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