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Erstellungskosten auf einen Bruchteil senken

English translation: cost of creating

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German term or phrase:Erstellungskosten
English translation:cost of creating

12:37 Jun 23, 2001
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Internet, e-Commerce
German term or phrase: Erstellungskosten auf einen Bruchteil senken
Erstellungskosten für Homepages auf einen Bruchteil
senken.
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significantly reduce the cost of...
Explanation:
significantly or considerably reduce the cost of creating a home page...
or
reduce the cost of creating a homepage to a fraction (of the previous/former cost)

If you use "to a fraction", you should have some sort of comparison, i.e. a fraction of what is used to cost to build a home page. As an alternative, you could just use "signficantly reduced" or "considerably reduced".
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Ulrike Lieder (X)
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na +1significantly reduce the cost of...
Ulrike Lieder (X)
naReduce ..
eurotransl (X)
nalower the cost of (designing home pages) to a fraction of the cost
lone (X)


  

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2 mins
Reduce ..


Explanation:
production costs down to a fraction (or: to a minimum).

Instead of "reduce", you may also want to say "cut .... costs down to...".

For "Erstellungskosten", you could also say "costs for designing a website", etc.


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eurotransl (X)
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10 mins peer agreement (net): +1
significantly reduce the cost of...


Explanation:
significantly or considerably reduce the cost of creating a home page...
or
reduce the cost of creating a homepage to a fraction (of the previous/former cost)

If you use "to a fraction", you should have some sort of comparison, i.e. a fraction of what is used to cost to build a home page. As an alternative, you could just use "signficantly reduced" or "considerably reduced".



    professional experience
Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 03:13
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Native speaker of: German
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eurotransl (X): "significantly" is not part ofthe original - Rule no. 1: never add or omit anything!
3 mins

Kim Metzger: Best solution
1 hr

Johanna Timm, PhD: very elegant- and idiomatic
3 hrs

agree  pds: good explanation, good translation
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2 hrs
lower the cost of (designing home pages) to a fraction of the cost


Explanation:
Estellungskost = cost for designing or setting up
Bruchteil = fraction

Hope this helps you. Good luck!


    own experience
lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 06:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Danish

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eurotransl (X): I really like that - eurotransl
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