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English translation: rather poor

11:04 Dec 16, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
German term or phrase: mau
Der Jahresverlauf duerfte eine fuer viele Firmen typische bandenauwannenkurve aufweusen. Heisst: Q1 war noch sehr gut,...Q2 und Q3 eher "mau"
Jon Fedler
Local time: 12:05
English translation:rather poor
Explanation:
is at least the idea

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Note added at 3 mins (2009-12-16 11:07:47 GMT)
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Duden "mau <Adj.> [wohl zusgez. aus flau u. matt, viell. auch zu mauen in der älteren Bed. weinerlich, verdrießlich sein] (salopp): 1. flau, unwohl: mir ist ganz m. 2. schlecht (2): die Lage ist m.; die Geschäfte gehen m.; die Sache steht m., sieht m. aus."
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Jonathan MacKerron
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +7rather poor
Jonathan MacKerron
4 +1rather slow
AZTranslations
4lukewarm
Peter Manda (X)
3 +1sluggish
Barbara Pillmeier
3pretty low
Neelu Batija


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +7
rather poor


Explanation:
is at least the idea

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Note added at 3 mins (2009-12-16 11:07:47 GMT)
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Duden "mau <Adj.> [wohl zusgez. aus flau u. matt, viell. auch zu mauen in der älteren Bed. weinerlich, verdrießlich sein] (salopp): 1. flau, unwohl: mir ist ganz m. 2. schlecht (2): die Lage ist m.; die Geschäfte gehen m.; die Sache steht m., sieht m. aus."

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 156
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Robinshaw
1 min
  -> thx, or "dissappointing" or similar
agree  izy
1 min
  -> thx
agree  David Williams: or 'weak', cf. http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=181...
7 mins
agree  Edith Kelly
20 mins
agree  British Diana
3 hrs
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): ganz genau
3 hrs
agree  Rolf Keiser
3 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
rather slow


Explanation:
... the second and third quarter however were rather slow.

Man spricht ja auch von Schwung, "picking up" etc. als das Gegenteil, von daher würde langsam auch passen.

AZTranslations
Germany
Local time: 11:05
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: would also fit well
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Jonathan!
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lukewarm


Explanation:
rather "lukewarm"

Peter Manda (X)
Local time: 05:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sluggish


Explanation:
weitere Möglichkeit: "sluggish"

....wird auch gerne verwendet :-)

Barbara Pillmeier
Germany
Local time: 11:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AZTranslations: Ja, passt auch.
2 hrs
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pretty low


Explanation:
the 2Q and the 3Q were pretty low.

Neelu Batija
Local time: 11:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HindiHindi
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