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English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications) / mobile phones | | English term or phrase: flipping through | | ....flipping through your address book takes attention away from your primary responsibility of driving safely. |
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| | (schnelles/hastiges) Durchblättern/Durchsuchen | Explanation:
Originally this Engl. expression referred to physical pages in a book only; in the above case, it relates to a computer device's "pages" in a metaphoric way (but this use is very common nowadays).
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Note added at 22 mins (2010-11-02 00:52:02 GMT)
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(You probably need to rephrase, e.g. "[Auf die Schnelle] das Adressverzeichnis zu durchsuchen ... / Wenn Sie im Adressbuch blättern ... ", etc.) |
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