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um Faktor 4 höher

English translation: 4 times higher

09:33 Dec 14, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / Mathematik
German term or phrase: um Faktor 4 höher
Wir haben diese Berechnung auch von SNFA durchführen lassen, die auf Werte gekommen sind, die nochmals um den Faktor 4 höher lagen als in unseren Rechnungen.
Tanja Kreutz
Germany
Local time: 03:48
English translation:4 times higher
Explanation:
the values were 4x higher than on the invoices
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iweiss
Local time: 02:48
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5a factor of 4 higher
Mary Worby
5 +2higher by a factor of 4
Dr. Fred Thomson
5 +1increased by a factor of 4
Elvira Stoianov
5quadrupled
Dietrich Herrmann, MD, PhD, MBA
54 times higher
iweiss


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
a factor of 4 higher


Explanation:
which were a factor of four higher than (in) our calculations.

factor takes the indefinite article in English.

HTH

Mary

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:48
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2770

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mats Wiman: sound less Teutonic
11 mins
agree  Beth Kantus: or were higher than our calculations by a factor of 4
1 hr
agree  Pro Lingua
2 hrs
agree  Trudy Peters: agree with Beth
2 hrs
agree  jccantrell: Fits in with the sentence
5 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
quadrupled


Explanation:
why not keep it nice and simple and use a verb?


    "my geriatric brain" - as someone keeps saying
Dietrich Herrmann, MD, PhD, MBA
Germany
Local time: 03:48
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 370
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
4 times higher


Explanation:
the values were 4x higher than on the invoices

iweiss
Local time: 02:48
PRO pts in pair: 4
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
increased by a factor of 4


Explanation:
that's how I know it

Elvira Stoianov
Luxembourg
Local time: 03:48
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in pair: 1082

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Schneekloth (X)
4 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
higher by a factor of 4


Explanation:
If you don't want to keep it simple as the doctor suggest, this is what I believe to be the standard wording.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 19:48
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 5861

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dietrich Herrmann, MD, PhD, MBA: Oh I love it when you call me doctor ;-)
1 hr
  -> It's almost as good as doctor doctor.
agree  John Kinory (X): This is the only way I would put it. Ref: used to be a maths teacher in England.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, John. I have never heard it any other and I have done a lot of math and dealt with even more tech. material.
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