Sep 17, 2011 21:42
13 yrs ago
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German term
lingual48
abzwacken
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers (general)
Natürlich liesse sich Windows 8 auf einer eigenen Partition neben Windows 8 installieren. Deutlich unverbindlicher
und vor allem Nerven-sparender ist die Einrichtung in einer virtuellen Maschine. Mit der FreeWare VirtualBox zwacken
Sie 20 Gbyte von ihrer Festplatte ab, um Windows 8 darauf zu installieren.
und vor allem Nerven-sparender ist die Einrichtung in einer virtuellen Maschine. Mit der FreeWare VirtualBox zwacken
Sie 20 Gbyte von ihrer Festplatte ab, um Windows 8 darauf zu installieren.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | set aside |
Tony Smith (X)
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| 4 +2 | nip off |
David Hollywood
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Proposed translations
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9 hrs
Selected
set aside
This is the meaning in your context. Take a look at the example sentence below.
Example sentence:
To install Windows 8 on VirtualBox set aside at least 1024 MB or 1 GB of RAM and a hard drive space of about 20 GB.
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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44 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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nip off
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Note added at 48 mins (2011-09-17 22:31:02 GMT)
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pinch
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Note added at 48 mins (2011-09-17 22:31:02 GMT)
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pinch
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ramey Rieger (X)
: It IS figurative, Eugenia, and therefore justifiable. This is the right idiomatic idea - you can no more pinch off 20GB than you can set them aside.
8 hrs
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| agree |
Bernhard Sulzer
: with Ramey; the right word; abzwacken means you nip, take or grab 20 GB worth of space off the HD. http://de.thefreedictionary.com/abzwacken http://www.answers.com/topic/nip
16 hrs
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