ProZ.com global directory of translation services
 The translation workplace
KudoZ home » German to English » SAP

Datenmüll

English translation: data clutter


GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:Datenmüll
English translation:data clutter
Entered by: Ted Wozniak
Options:
- Contribute to this entry

17:10 Jun 21, 2004Login or register (free) for more options.
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - SAP
German term or phrase: Datenmüll
Prüfen Sie vor der Eingabe des Leads, ob die Firma eventuell schon vorhanden ist über die Suchfunktion. Eventuell gibt es die betreffende Firma schon als Account. So vermeiden Sie Duplikate und damit Daenmüll.
Ted Wozniak
United States
Local time: 17:29
data clutter
Explanation:
or 'waste data'


data garbage sounds a bit too dismissive; just because perfectly good data become duplicated they don't deserve the derogatory 'garbage' (which has a more condescending connotation than 'waste') Data clutter you'll come across all the time
Selected response from:

gangels
United States
Local time: 16:29
Grading comment
Thanks! I should have realized it was a typo. The brain must have been a bit calcified yesterday. Also agree that garbage is too derogatory.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8Datenmüll - garbagexxxMichaelRS
4 +1data clutter
gangels


  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Daenmüll
Datenmüll - garbage


Explanation:
They may mean "Datenmüll" - data garbage

xxxMichaelRS
Germany
Local time: 00:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Heidrun Steinhaus: redundant data?
10 mins

agree  Siegfried Armbruster: redundant data/records would be politically correct
16 mins

agree  Stefanie Sendelbach: with sarmb
22 mins

agree  margarete
57 mins

agree  Antje Harder: Eindeutig ein Tippfehler für Datenmüll: "überflüssige/unnötige/redundante/irrelevante Daten"
1 hr

agree  jccantrell
2 hrs

agree  Dr. Fred Thomson: trash data
5 hrs

agree  Translations4IT
8 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
data clutter


Explanation:
or 'waste data'


data garbage sounds a bit too dismissive; just because perfectly good data become duplicated they don't deserve the derogatory 'garbage' (which has a more condescending connotation than 'waste') Data clutter you'll come across all the time

gangels
United States
Local time: 16:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Thanks! I should have realized it was a typo. The brain must have been a bit calcified yesterday. Also agree that garbage is too derogatory.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Clarke
7 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)




Return to KudoZ list


KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.


See also: