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English translation: express as oil equivalents


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:in Öläquivalent einsetzen
English translation:express as oil equivalents
Entered by: BrigitteHilgner
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20:57 Jan 30, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Environment & Ecology / Klimawandel
German term or phrase: einsetzen
In den Rechnungen wird der Primärenergieträger in Öläquivalent eingesetzt. Die Masseinheit Öläquivalent erlaubt, verschiedene Energieformen zu vergleichen, ....
Simona Volpe-Adeoye
Austria
Local time: 04:10
to express in oil equivalents
Explanation:
würde ich schreiben
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BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 04:10
Grading comment
thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5to express in oil equivalentsBrigitteHilgner
4enter
Lynda Hepburn
3 +1denoted in oil equivalentsxxxMack Tillman
3calculated
Ramey Rieger
3used
Kostas Bakelas
4 -2show (reveal)
Gabriella Bertelmann


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
to express in oil equivalents


Explanation:
würde ich schreiben

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 04:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mech White
3 mins
  -> Thank you, Mech. Have a pleasant day!
agree  Wendy Streitparth
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Wendy. Have a pleasant day!
agree  Claire Cox: although I'd prefer expressed as
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Claire. You are right: That does sound better. Have a pleasant day!
agree  adamgajlewicz: expressed
11 hrs
  -> Danke schön, Adam. Frohes Schaffen!
agree  Rebecca Garber
18 hrs
  -> Thank you, Rebecca. Have a pleasant day.
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
denoted in oil equivalents


Explanation:
Eine Alternative

xxxMack Tillman
Local time: 04:10
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: or just 'given'
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Helen!
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
enter


Explanation:
Surely just "entered"

Lynda Hepburn
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
show (reveal)


Explanation:
The invoices show the primary energy supplier in oil-equivalent figures...

In den Rechnungen wird der Primärenergieträger in Öläquivalent eingesetzt. Die Masseinheit Öläquivalent erlaubt, verschiedene Energieformen zu vergleichen, ....

Gabriella Bertelmann
Local time: 20:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Andrew Swift: Reveal? We already have three translations that are equally viable for the asker’s context. Unfortunately, this contribution takes us backwards.
28 mins
disagree  Cilian O'Tuama: double disagree - wrong verb and an "oil equivalent" is a unit. One doesn't say e.g. "in newton metre figures"
14 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
calculated


Explanation:
I think this fits

Ramey Rieger
Local time: 04:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
used


Explanation:
..bin mir nicht ziemlich sicher.. aber ich glaube es passt.

Kostas Bakelas
Greece
Local time: 05:10
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
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Changes made by editors
Feb 7, 2011 - Changes made by BrigitteHilgner:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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