Wartezeiten

English translation: (short) waiting times

20:15 Mar 31, 2003

German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing

German term or phrase: Wartezeiten

Kurze Wartezeiten

Marie Lowrie KudoZ activity Questions: 257 (1 open) Answers: 3 United Kingdom
Local time: 18:08

English translation:(short) waiting times

Explanation:
:-)

Selected response from:

Norbert Hermann
Local time: 18:08

Grading comment

Thanks very much.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +10

(short) waiting times

Norbert Hermann

4 +2

short waiting times

William Stein

5 +1

short (brief) waiting periods

Fantutti (X)

Answers

0 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

(short) waiting times

Explanation:
:-)

Norbert Hermann
Local time: 18:08
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in pair: 1977

Grading comment

Thanks very much.

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

short waiting times

Explanation:
refs:

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OzDASL: Kiama Blowhole Eruptions
... 1), The upper tail of the waiting time distribution is similar to
exponential, but the short waiting times are not short enough. ...
www.statsci.org/data/oz/kiama.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

may lead to the introduction of family screening services to ...
... Due to increasing referrals to the breast cancer unit at Altnagelvin, because of the increased catchment area, the initial short waiting times began to extend. ...
www.whssb.org/reports/AnnualReport1999-2000/acute.html

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Since Hermann already suggested this one, I might as well offer a simple alternative:
\"Short waits\", which means exactly the same thing and gets twice as many Google hits as \"short waiting times\":Excelsior - What\'s New
A new report from the Audit Commission reveals there are relatively short waits for
general X-rays but waiting times for some other examinations are excessive. ...
www.excelsior.pwcglobal.com/knowledge/ article.asp?artID=1215 - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Research and Dissertation Grants
... Among the defining features of adaptive transit are: expeditious transferring; demand-responsive
deployment of services; door-to-door and short waits; and real ...
www.uctc.net/grants/grantsyr10.html - 35k - Cached - Similar pages

September 2002 Status Report
... seconds. 3) Run short cycle lengths so that waits would be minimized and spread the pain of waiting to all but have very short waits. ...
www.mt-pleasant.org/depts/manager/status/st0902.htm

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 11:08
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1734

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

short (brief) waiting periods

Explanation:
Just a try

Mfg, RF

Fantutti (X)
Local time: 10:08
PRO pts in pair: 1023

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