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05:39 Oct 27, 2002 |
German to English translations [PRO] / All-Ceramic Dental Materials | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Beate Lutzebaeck New Zealand Local time: 04:20 | ||||||
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5 +6 | See explanation: |
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5 +1 | respectively |
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4 | 30 respectively 10 |
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4 -1 | ...30 years of which 10 in hip-joint-transplants... |
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3 | over 30 and over 10 years respectively |
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...30 years of which 10 in hip-joint-transplants... Explanation: i. e. the material has been in use for 30 years, of which.... not particularly brilliant German either! |
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See explanation: Explanation: In most cases beziehungsweise (bzw.) means "and / or", in your case it means "typical examples for this group are ABC and XYZ that have been on the market for (over) 30 and 10 years, respectively." That is, ABC has been on the market for (over) 30 years and XYZ for (over) 10 years, but not both of them for 40 years (with market only being a replacement for the complicated tail end of your sentence). I'm sure you'll find a way to phrase this much better - this is just to set you straight about beziehungsweise ... |
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