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German to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / a reference (recommendation) | | German term or phrase: Anschlussquartal | | Im Anschlussquartal wurde P. umgeschult auf eine neue Funkgeraetegeneration und...... |
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This could be an option, but bear in mind that I am not a native speaker of English!
Regards,
Dan |
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10 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 following quarter
Explanation:
This could be an option, but bear in mind that I am not a native speaker of English!
Regards,
Dan
| DDM
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1 day16 hrs confidence: Following Quarter
Explanation:
I was actually trying to agree with the other person who said following quarter.
As for the rest of it, I don't believe it's as cryptic as some would have you think. I would simply translate it as :
In the following quarter P. was retrained to a new generation of wireless devices and ...
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I assume your "P." is confidential, but at least you could tell us what it represents - P wurde umgeschult - what was retrained?
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| Kim Metzger
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Asker: Okay. I'll try to be more specific with my questions. P. is simply the first letter of a surname.
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