aus etw. (positive) Bilanz ziehen - to take a (positive) stock of ( translation glossary) Printing & Publishing,

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German term or phrase:	aus etw. (positive) Bilanz ziehen
English translation:	to take a (positive) stock of
Entered by:	Katrin Suchan

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2:21pm Feb 27, 2004

German to English translations [PRO]
Printing & Publishing

German term or phrase: positive Bilanz ziehen

Subheader in a press release: "Alle Beteiligten ziehen positive Bilanz nach zehnjähriger Erfahrung mit dem System".

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KudoZ activity
Questions: 142 (6 open)
Answers: 13

Germany

take a positive stock (of)

Explanation:
my proposal

Selected response from:

Katrin Suchan
Germany

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks for the suggestion (but I think it should be "take positive stock" without the article...)
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

come to a positive conclusion

Isabel Hohneck

4 +1

experience positive results

Armorel Young

positive assessment

Kim Metzger

take a positive stock (of)

Katrin Suchan

advantages outweighing the disadvantages

Narasimhan Raghavan

have a favorable (favourable) opinion

Lori Dendy-Molz

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

come to a positive conclusion

Explanation:
- express/have a positive opinion

Isabel Hohneck
Germany
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

12 mins confidence:

advantages outweighing the disadvantages

Explanation:
After dealing with the system for ten years, all the participants have seen the advantages outweighing the disadvantages.

Narasimhan Raghavan
India
Native speaker of:

Tamil
PRO pts in category: 4

13 mins confidence:

take a positive stock (of)

Explanation:
my proposal

Katrin Suchan
Germany
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 2

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks for the suggestion (but I think it should be "take positive stock" without the article...)

25 mins confidence:

have a favorable (favourable) opinion

Explanation:
just another way to put it

Lori Dendy-Molz
Germany
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 36

33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

experience positive results

Explanation:
If you're keeping words to a minimum because it's a heading, you could shift the Erfahrung nearer the beginning and say "All participants experience (or are experiencing) positive results after ten years with the system."

Armorel Young
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

47 mins confidence:

positive assessment

Explanation:
Die Seiten erörterten vor allem Fragen zum EWR-Abkommen im Zusammenhang mit der EU-Erweiterung. Die führenden politischen Vertreter Europas zogen eine positive Bilanz über das Funktionieren des EWR-Abkommens im Allgemeinen

The parties addressed issues affecting the EEA Agreement in the context of enlargement. Whilst expressing their disappointment that it was not possible that day to sign the EEA Agreement with the accession countries, the European leaders gave a positive assessment of the overall functioning of the EEA Agreement

http://europa.eu.int/abc/doc/off/bull/en/200310/p106046.htm

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 123

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German: positive Bilanz ziehen

English translation: to take a (positive) stock of