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LE (abbreviation)

English translation: Lager..... (items in storage -- abbreviation never fully resolved)

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German term or phrase:LE
English translation:Lager..... (items in storage -- abbreviation never fully resolved)
Entered by: Dawn Montague

23:00 May 2, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
German term or phrase: LE (abbreviation)
In a report talking about the renovation of a cellar: "Die Neubelegung der Keller gemaess Konzept soll im dritten Quartal abgeschlossen sein. Zunaechst muessen die LE xxx und xxx beginnen, um den notwendigen Freiraum zu schaffen."

Any ideas?
Dawn Montague
United States
Local time: 09:45
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Explanation:
E could stand for Eigentümer.
L = something that was mentioned before and starts with the letter L.
Lager? Liegenschaft? The mind boggles. Etwas mehr Kontext wäre nicht verkehrt.

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Note added at 2003-05-03 03:10:53 (GMT)
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Dawn? Wo bist du?
Könnte es was mit \"linksseitige Einheiten\" sein? Nun melde dich doch mal ... Lieferanteneingänge wohl eher nicht. You probably have the solution in your hands - anything starting with \"L\" right on top.
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Anglo-German (X)
Germany
Local time: 15:45
Grading comment
It took a while -- but I finally settled on "items in storage" from the context. They had to clear out the storage space to make room for the renovations.
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Summary of answers provided
4Contractor
Mario Marcolin
3Leistungserbringer
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1.
Anglo-German (X)
1LE = Lagereinheit???
Julian Daniel Jimenez-Krause (X)


Discussion entries: 4





  

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Explanation:
E could stand for Eigentümer.
L = something that was mentioned before and starts with the letter L.
Lager? Liegenschaft? The mind boggles. Etwas mehr Kontext wäre nicht verkehrt.

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Note added at 2003-05-03 03:10:53 (GMT)
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Dawn? Wo bist du?
Könnte es was mit \"linksseitige Einheiten\" sein? Nun melde dich doch mal ... Lieferanteneingänge wohl eher nicht. You probably have the solution in your hands - anything starting with \"L\" right on top.

Anglo-German (X)
Germany
Local time: 15:45
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 203
Grading comment
It took a while -- but I finally settled on "items in storage" from the context. They had to clear out the storage space to make room for the renovations.
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LE = Lagereinheit???


Explanation:
If the two names that follow that abbreviation end with "s" indicating casus genitivus, then I would guess that LE stands for "Lagereinheit" (stock unit, i.e. cellar unit), so that we have the following sentence: "Firstly, it must be started with the cellar units of xxx and yyy, in order to allow providing the necessary space."

But this is nothing but guessing... normally such a non-standard abbreviation is defined at the beginning of the document...

Good luck,
Julian Daniel Jimenez-Krause



Julian Daniel Jimenez-Krause (X)
Local time: 15:45
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anglo-German (X): Precisely. Cherchez la definition!
23 mins
disagree  Heike Behl, Ph.D.: But Lagereinheiten can't "begin" to clear space!
3 hrs
  -> of course an inanimated thing (a cellar unit) cannot "begin" doing nothing, but I have read enough contracts with amazing gramatically inconstistent texts...
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Leistungserbringer


Explanation:
Good morning Dawn,

if xxx are companies´names then the word could be "Leistungserbringer" in a sense of supplier/performer...

Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
Germany
Local time: 15:45
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 2577
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Contractor


Explanation:
or service provider

LE as Leistungserbringer:

"Welche Ziele werden mit der KLR verfolgt?
Mit der KLR werden bei den LE (Leistungserbringer) folgende Zielsetzungen verfolgt:


    Reference: http://www.nove-it.admin.ch/d/faq/faqklr.php
Mario Marcolin
Sweden
Local time: 15:45
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 198
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