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Abweichend oder ergänzend

English translation: Alternatively, or in addition

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German term or phrase:Abweichend oder ergänzend
English translation:Alternatively, or in addition
Entered by: Esther Park

12:16 Feb 22, 2018
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks / Data
German term or phrase: Abweichend oder ergänzend
Abweichend oder ergänzend kann das System die Daten zum Abruf (pull) bereitstellen.

Abweichend oder ergänzend from what?? The context is not really helpful. Previous sentence: Die Rohdaten werden an den zentralen Datenspeicher übertragen.
Esther Park
United States
Local time: 21:37
Alternatively, or in addition
Explanation:
The raw data is transmitted to to central server. Alternatively (to transmitting it), or as well as, the system can also prepare the data for a pull request (presumably from the server).
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Mair A-W (PhD)
Germany
Local time: 06:37
Grading comment
Thank you! This was truly a brain-dead moment on my part. But in my defense, NO online dictionary lists alternatively as a translation for abweichend. I checked leo, dict.cc, and ProZ of course. I think that's odd! It was so obvious as soon as I saw this answer.
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3 +5Alternatively, or in addition
Mair A-W (PhD)


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Alternatively, or in addition


Explanation:
The raw data is transmitted to to central server. Alternatively (to transmitting it), or as well as, the system can also prepare the data for a pull request (presumably from the server).

Mair A-W (PhD)
Germany
Local time: 06:37
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you! This was truly a brain-dead moment on my part. But in my defense, NO online dictionary lists alternatively as a translation for abweichend. I checked leo, dict.cc, and ProZ of course. I think that's odd! It was so obvious as soon as I saw this answer.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger
19 mins
agree  philgoddard
40 mins
agree  Michael Martin, MA
13 hrs
agree  Deepa Jose
13 hrs
agree  Darin Fitzpatrick: I would omit the comma for better flow, but this is the right construction.
18 hrs
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