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sich zusammenschliessen

English translation: to join forces


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German term or phrase:sich zusammenschliessen
English translation:to join forces
Entered by: Marie Lowrie
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21:29 Aug 4, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Shipping
German term or phrase: sich zusammenschliessen
schließen sich P & A, Lütgens & Reimers, Fairplay und die Neue Schleppdampfschiffahrtsreederei Louis Meyer zur Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Schleppdampfschiffs-Reederein für den Hafen Hamburg zusammen.
Marie Lowrie
Local time: 09:55
joined forces
Explanation:
The companies joined forces to form a partnership of the tugboat steamship companies
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 03:55
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3combine
Armorel Young
4 +3joined forces
Kim Metzger
4 +2merge
Trudy Peters
4linkEllenEZBless
4form a syndicate
Heike Behl, Ph.D.


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
combine


Explanation:
combine, join together, form jointly, join forces to form - I think any of these would do - or just say "jointly" or "together"

Armorel Young
Local time: 09:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 65

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christel Saxton: except for the "combine"
1 min

agree  gangels: join forces in a consortium
43 mins

agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): join forces
9 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
merge


Explanation:
..

Trudy Peters
Local time: 04:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
9 hrs

agree  David Moore
12 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
joined forces


Explanation:
The companies joined forces to form a partnership of the tugboat steamship companies


    Growrterbuch Wirtschaftsenglish - Hamblock/Wessels
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 03:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 511

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Marcolin
7 hrs

agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
9 hrs

agree  David Moore: Yes, or this one too
12 hrs
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
form a syndicate


Explanation:
sich zur Arbeitsgemeinschaft zusammenschließen : form a syndicate/de facto corporation/consortium/joint venture or however you translate Arbeitsgemeinschaft.

or the even shorter form: syndicated

Heike Behl, Ph.D.
Local time: 01:55
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 22
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
link


Explanation:
attach

link-up with

EllenEZBless
Local time: 02:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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