Feb 14, 2008 12:09
16 yrs ago
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German term
QUALITY SERVICE, SINCE 1979
Native in: Marathi 
, English
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Spanish to English, and 11 more.
Gefummel
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Software
Tabellen zu erstellen ist ein ziemliches Gefummel...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | an awkward procedure |
Derek Ferrari-Frankland (X)
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| 3 +3 | fiddly job |
Oliver Walter
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| 4 | needs a lot of tinkering/tweaking |
Gillian Scheibelein
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| 2 +1 | a pain in the neck |
Jonathan MacKerron
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| 4 -2 | fumble, fumbling, bungle |
Vittorio Ferretti
|
Proposed translations
+1
4 mins
Selected
an awkward procedure
This should do it
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Hello
Thank you for your help!
Regds
Devaki "
+3
4 mins
Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Qualified in engineering and translation
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
fiddly job
I have a feeling it means this, or something rather similar. (could use "business" instead of "job")
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: ziemlich umgangssprachlich, aber es passt hier am besten
11 mins
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| agree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: could work
1 hr
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| agree |
Kcda
: It is idiomatic to say "fiddling around with the pc" hence "fiddly job" could do the trick here. They mean this type of thing: "creating tables requires fiddling around"
1 hr
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-2
9 mins
Vittorio Ferretti
Native in German
Specializes in field
Author of renowned dictionary
Native in: German 
, Italian
Works in: English to German, Italian to German, Spanish to German, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
fumble, fumbling, bungle
Webster's: "fumble 2 to handle a thing clumsily and unskillfully.." idem "bungle"
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: can't see this one working - how to put in (idiomatic) sentence?
1 hr
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| disagree |
Kcda
: I second C.Tuama.
1 hr
|
+1
43 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
28
a pain in the neck
freely translated
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: could work, or maybe simply "is tricky"
51 mins
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thx
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| neutral |
Kcda
: Goes rather into free style interpretation/rendering. The context does not really say it is such a pain but rather bothersome (requires fiddling around to create tables). / I agree but one can't use it here IMO! :)
57 mins
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and what is bothersome other than a pain in the neck??
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2 hrs
Gillian Scheibelein
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
25 years' technical translation, CHEMIST
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
needs a lot of tinkering/tweaking
lots of settings need changing etc.
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