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German: Abruf

English translation: call-up



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German term or phrase:Abruf
English translation:call-up
Entered by:Louise Gough
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Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research
German term or phrase: Abruf
ein Marketing Portal zum Abruf von Marketing Aktionen - a marketing portal for calling up marketing campaigns? Not sure exacly what "Abruf" means here.
Louise Gough
Clarification request(s) and response
Non-ProZ.com (asker): 11:48am Jan 20, 2005: Thanks to everyone who helped with this.

call-up
Explanation:
sounds perfectly okay to me. If it were an internet shop (it is!!), you might "call up" anything you wanted to purchase and order it there.
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David Moore
Germany
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I think this fits best in the context. Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2viewing information on ...
Armorel Young
4call-upDavid Moore
4to call upIrishnomad
3surveyingxxxFrancis Lee


  


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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
call-up

Explanation:
sounds perfectly okay to me. If it were an internet shop (it is!!), you might "call up" anything you wanted to purchase and order it there.

David Moore
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 60
Note from asker to answerer
I think this fits best in the context. Thanks.
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
viewing information on ...

Explanation:
Sounds like abrufen in the sense of "downloading", so really just meaning "viewing via the Internet", or "accessing"

Armorel Young
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 71

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

agree Ian M-H
3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to call up

Explanation:
That what you say in English to view information on something.

Irishnomad
Ireland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
surveying

Explanation:
for surveying marketing activities/campaigns

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Note added at 2 hrs 24 mins (2005-01-19 12:59:34 GMT)
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monitoring

xxxFrancis Lee
Germany
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 121
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