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downside

German translation: Nachteile

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English term or phrase:downside
German translation:Nachteile
Entered by: ElkeKoe

15:53 Oct 19, 2005
English to German translations [PRO]
Marketing - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: downside
The best argument we can make to convince you to not just read this book but to get involved with Lean Six Sigma is that there is very little ***downside***.

Wie kann dieser Begriff treffend im Deutschen wiedergegeben werden?
Vielen Dank im Voraus!
ElkeKoe
Local time: 00:19
Nachteile
Explanation:
..., dass kaum Nachteile damit verbunden sind.
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Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 00:19
Grading comment
Vielen Dank, Brie!
Danke auch an alle anderen.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4Nachteile
Brie Vernier
3 +3es gibt fast nur Vorteile
Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
3 +1Nachteile
Ivo Lang
3wenig Nachteile
Christine Lam


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Nachteile


Explanation:
..., dass kaum Nachteile damit verbunden sind.

Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 00:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Vielen Dank, Brie!
Danke auch an alle anderen.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ulrike Kraemer
2 hrs
  -> Danke, LittleBalu
agree  Klaus Urban: exakt!
2 hrs
  -> Danke, Klaus
agree  jccantrell
3 hrs
  -> Danke, JC
agree  michael10705 (X)
9 hrs
  -> Danke, Michael
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Nachteile


Explanation:
"The downside is" wird im Englischen als "der Nachteile davon ist" wiedergegeben. Wie das sinngemäß jetzt genau in diesen Satz passt, kann ich im Moment auch nicht sagen.

Ivo Lang
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 276

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  stahat (X)
1 day 13 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
wenig Nachteile


Explanation:
z. B. so: dass der Einsatz von Six Sigma nur mit geringen Nachteilen verbunden ist

Christine Lam
Local time: 18:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 32
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
es gibt fast nur Vorteile


Explanation:
Wenn du es positiv formulieren willst, würde ich "es gibt fast nur Vorteile (implizitiert "kaum Nachteile") sagen.

Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
Germany
Local time: 00:19
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 346

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Lam: finde ich eigentlich auch besser, besonders wenn es in Richtung Werbung für etwas geht
18 mins
agree  Ines Lassnig: positiv formuliert ist meiner Meinung nach auch besser
13 hrs
agree  karschmi: Positiv ist immer besser!!!
15 hrs
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