es wird geraten

English translation: we advise

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German term or phrase:	es wird geraten
English translation:	we advise
Entered by:	Joanne Parker

11:40 Nov 21, 2006

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German term or phrase: es wird geraten

I'm not entirely sure what the following sentence means, or more specifically, the first part of the sentence: "Es wird dabei geraten, die Stanzung in der Papierverarbeitung vorzunehmen, da mit dieser Möglichkeit Störungen minimiert werden konnten."

The context is a company newsletter for a printing company. This particular sentence is taken from an article discussing new paper products. Here's the general paragraph:

In den Standorten waren beide Papiere problemlos zu verarbeiten. Das erste Papier hat eine rauere Oberfläche, d.h. es muss mehr Farbe eingesetzt werden. Die zweite Papiersorte dagegen hat eine glattere Oberfläche und führt zu mehr Einstellarbeiten. Beide Einschränkungen sind aber nicht produktionsrelevant. Beide Papiere wurden also mit in die Produktpalette von XYZ aufgenommen. Es wird dabei geraten, die Stanzung in der Papierverarbeitung vorzunehmen, da mit dieser Möglichkeit Störungen minimiert werden konnten.

I've seen one instance of geraten being used as "advisable", so are they saying it's best to do the die cutting when the paper is processed to minimize problems?

Thanks in advance.

Joanne Parker KudoZ activity Questions: 272 (7 open) (4 without valid answers) Answers: 36
Local time: 10:20

we advise

Explanation:
In this context your assumption is correct: we advise to do said action.

Selected response from:

Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 11:20

Grading comment

Thanks for confirming my thoughts.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

it is recommended

Ingo Dierkschnieder

3 +3

we advise

Alan Johnson

4 +1

advisable

Barbara Cashin (X)

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

advisable

Explanation:
Yes, I think you're right

Barbara Cashin (X)
Local time: 10:20
Native speaker of: English

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

we advise

Explanation:
In this context your assumption is correct: we advise to do said action.

Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 11:20
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks for confirming my thoughts.

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

it is recommended

Explanation:
You understood the sentence correct, they recommend or advise to make the die cutting part of the processing of the paper and not beforehand which could cause some problems.

Ingo Dierkschnieder
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:20
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

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