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English translation: particularly preferably

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17:56 Jul 15, 2010

German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Patents / US English

German term or phrase: besonders bevorzugt

I know from a previous thread that bevorzugt is translated as preferred, but how do you escalate it in patent language
bevorzugt - preferred
weiter bevorzugt - further preferred
besonders bevorzugt - particularly preferred
äusserst bevorzugt - highly preferred ?
are there fixed terms for this?
Thanks Wendy

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Local time: 03:22

English translation:particularly preferably

Explanation:
I would translate these as:
bevorzugt - preferably
weiter bevorzugt - more preferably
besonders bevorzugt - particularly preferably
äusserst bevorzugt - more particularly preferably / most preferably

Selected response from:

Emma Grubb
Local time: 03:22

Grading comment

Thanks, found Alison's reference particularly helpful
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

particularly preferably

Emma Grubb

particular preference

John Speese

3 +2

most preferably

Marga Shaw

Particularly preferred

Nils Andersson

Discussion entries: 1

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

particularly preferably

Emma Grubb
Local time: 03:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 13

Grading comment

Thanks, found Alison's reference particularly helpful

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks - but do you have any references confirming this is the official terminology used in US patents?

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

philgoddard: I don't think the two adverbs work very well together.

1 hr

-> Perhaps not in "everyday" language, but I can assure you that this is an extremely common expression in the patent world! See http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q="particularly preferably" p...

agree

Alison MacG: with preferably (or preferred depending on the formulation used), more pref, particularly pref, most pref. Here is a US patent originally written in EN using all of these (i.e. not a TR from DE) http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5206408/description.html

17 hrs

agree

Rebecca Garber: with preferably (although, like Alison, I agree that preferred also works sometimes). Patentese is a very specific dialect not to be confused with English.

4 days

34 mins confidence:

Particularly preferred

Explanation:
NOT "preferably", in most cases. But of course, context
could change that. "Preferred" is a verb used as an adjective.
"Preferably" is an adverb.

Nils Andersson
United States
Local time: 19:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English

48 mins confidence:

particular preference

Explanation:
Although it does require some "recasting," I often handle this phrase this way.

Besonders bevorzugt werden jedoch xxx verwendet.
Particular preference, however, is given to the use of xxx.

Check out the reference I gave you.

Reference: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6087536.html

John Speese
United States
Local time: 22:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

most preferably

Explanation:

I am just translating a patent and this is what I see:

"... if the smallest sum probability in comparison of the first sequence to the second sequence is less than about 1, preferably less than about 0.1, more preferably less than about 0.01, and most preferably less than about 0.001."

e.g.
This amount generally ranges from about 1% to about 20% by weight of the composition, more preferably about 3% to about 5% by weight of the composition. 3% by weight of salt is most preferably included in the present compositions.
http://www.patentoffice.nic.in/ipr/patent/patent_agent/Paten...

Preferably, the tablet of the present invention has a hardness of at least about 10 scu, more preferably at least about 15 scu, most preferably of about 15 scu to about 30 scu. The hardness of a tablet is measured by the force in kp (kilopond) or SCU (1 SCU=1.4 kp) required to break the tablet. Preferably, the tablet of the present invention has a friability of less than 1%, more preferabl less than 0.5%, most preferabl less than 0.1%.
http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090087489

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-07-15 19:21:46 GMT)
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Therefore, the glass according to the invention contains only small amounts of the glass former SiO2, i.e. at most 8% by weight, preferably at most 7.5% by weight, more preferably at most 7% by weight, most preferably at most 6% by weight.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:pQmXXbP...

Please see also:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cFDyody...

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-07-15 19:25:11 GMT)
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Sorry, about the last reference, where "more preferabl" should read "more preferably" and "most preferabl" should read "most preferably".

Marga Shaw
Local time: 03:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 8

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