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Ausgangstiere

English translation: original stock


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11:45 Apr 14, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Livestock / Animal Husbandry
German term or phrase: Ausgangstiere
Rotgoldene Mutationen der Silberkarausche galten im alten China als heilige Tiere und waren die Ausgangstiere für die Goldfischzucht.

Vielen Dank!
martina1974
Austria
Local time: 21:58
English translation:original stock
Explanation:
the original stock from which goldfish have been bred
http://tinyurl.com/6gkfd57
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Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:58
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vielen Dank!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4original stockAndrew Swift
3served as a starting point for...Colin Rowe
2basis (here)Coqueiro


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
basis (here)


Explanation:
mein Vorschlag

frei & sinngemäß

Coqueiro
Local time: 21:58
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
served as a starting point for...


Explanation:
or something freer, like:

"and it is from these fish / fish such as these that all modern goldfish are descended"

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 21:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
original stock


Explanation:
the original stock from which goldfish have been bred
http://tinyurl.com/6gkfd57

Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
Grading comment
vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Colin Rowe: I could only think of "initial stock", which didn't seem quite right somehow. It was the "original" that eluded me!
7 mins

agree  Coqueiro
8 mins

agree  John Speese: "Original stock" hoert sich gut an.
54 mins

agree  Nicola Wood
1 hr
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