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um 40% unterschreiten

English translation: improve on 40%

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German term or phrase:um 40% unterschreiten
English translation:improve on 40%
Entered by: Cristina Moldovan do Amaral

04:05 Jul 18, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
German term or phrase: um 40% unterschreiten
Den geplanten Verlust von xxx Mio. Euro konnten wir mit minus xxx Mio Euro um 40 % unterschreiten.

Can you help me out here? Thanx!
Daniela Schlöder
Germany
Local time: 05:07
improve on ...
Explanation:
unterschreiten is always a bit tricky, because it's so succinct in German and there's no direct equivalent in English. In your context, I'd rephrase it and say something like ...

The actual loss recorded was xxx [or: We actually recorded a loss of xxx], a 40 % improvement on the planned loss figure of xxx.

Might or might not work!

HTH anyway

Mary
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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:07
Grading comment
Mary, sounds great! Thanks again!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
na +3improve on ...
Mary Worby
nabring down by about 40%
Poornima Iyengar


  

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13 mins peer agreement (net): +3
improve on ...


Explanation:
unterschreiten is always a bit tricky, because it's so succinct in German and there's no direct equivalent in English. In your context, I'd rephrase it and say something like ...

The actual loss recorded was xxx [or: We actually recorded a loss of xxx], a 40 % improvement on the planned loss figure of xxx.

Might or might not work!

HTH anyway

Mary


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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2770
Grading comment
Mary, sounds great! Thanks again!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mats Wiman
1 min
agree  Michael Scheidler
5 mins
agree  Robin Ward: Yes, a good suggestion!
5 mins
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20 mins
bring down by about 40%


Explanation:
Unterschreiten normally would fall short of, remain under. But in the context I recommend the above translation

Poornima Iyengar
Local time: 08:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 162
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