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ganz entscheidend

English translation: significantly


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German term or phrase:ganz entscheidend
English translation:significantly
Entered by: Christine Lam
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21:31 Apr 17, 2006
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Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software
German term or phrase: ganz entscheidend
Wenn die Unterstützung der Geschäftsleitung vorhanden ist, erleichtert dies den Lernprozess (Fortbildungskurse durchzuführen) ganz entscheidend.
karda
Local time: 04:27
...significantly
Explanation:
is what I would use
Selected response from:

Christine Lam
Local time: 22:27
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8...significantly
Christine Lam
5 +2... quite decisivelyAndras Malatinszky
3decisively / conclusively / finally / essentially
Raghunathan


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
...ganz entscheidend
... quite decisively


Explanation:
A literal translation works pretty well in English.

Andras Malatinszky
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Languageman: As I understand it, in the US quite is used in the sense of "absolutely", however in the UK "quite" means "to a certain degree", so this needs to be used with care in this type of usage.
3 mins

agree  Raghunathan: remove "quite". I am with decisively
4 hrs

agree  Bryan Smith: I would also leave the quite, actually
6 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
...ganz entscheidend
...significantly


Explanation:
is what I would use

Christine Lam
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JSolis
13 mins

agree  Textklick
19 mins

agree  New_trans
27 mins

agree  Brie Vernier
1 hr

agree  Ingeborg Gowans
3 hrs

agree  Raghunathan
4 hrs

agree  milinad
5 hrs

agree  Teresa Reinhardt
8 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
decisively / conclusively / finally / essentially


Explanation:
significantly is certainly an elegant suggestion.

Here, in this case it is a deciding factor and hence would like to use a word which reflects something more than "significantly" though not necessarily may not be elegant.

Raghunathan
Local time: 08:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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Changes made by editors
Apr 17, 2006 - Changes made by Marcus Malabad:
Term asked...ganz entscheidend => ganz entscheidend


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