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Spannungs- und Reibungsverluste

English translation: loss of efficiency due to tension and friction

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German term or phrase:Spannungs- und Reibungsverluste
English translation:loss of efficiency due to tension and friction
Entered by: ingheck

18:32 Sep 1, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
German term or phrase: Spannungs- und Reibungsverluste
Immer noch Hochschulakkreditierung:

Abgesehen von rechtlichen Erwägungen, die auf eine Überwindung der Rechtsunsicherheit innerhalb des deutschen Akkreditierungssystems abzielten, war die rechtsverbindliche Regelung und Präzisierung der Zuständigkeiten nicht zuletzt deswegen notwendig geworden, um die ***Spannungs- und Reibungsverluste*** bei der Zusammenarbeit von Akkreditierungsrat und Akkreditierungsagenturen zu minimieren.

Kann man im Englischen tension and friction losses auch im übertragenen Sinn verwenden?
ingheck
Local time: 09:46
problems/loss of efficiency
Explanation:
due to tension and friction would be a little bit more elegant
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Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 00:46
Grading comment
Danke Euch allen!!! Da die Stelle 2 x im Text vorkam, habe ich einmal Teresas und einmal Kenneths Vorschlag verwendet.
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4 +5problems/loss of efficiency
Teresa Reinhardt


  

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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
problems/loss of efficiency


Explanation:
due to tension and friction would be a little bit more elegant

Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 00:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Danke Euch allen!!! Da die Stelle 2 x im Text vorkam, habe ich einmal Teresas und einmal Kenneths Vorschlag verwendet.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: yes Teresa I agree and now suggest singular: especially friction wouldn't be used in the plural: to reduce the tension and friction regarding/for the cooperation between....
1 hr
  -> Thanks, but no, I think the abstract is more idiomatic
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): w/ Bernhard
1 hr
  -> Thanks, but see above!
agree  Woodstock (X): With Teresa. The singular form is more appropriate.
11 hrs
agree  mill2: with Teresa
18 hrs
agree  Ken Cox: tricky, because IMO "tensions and friction' would be common usage in the figurative sense. Perhaps 'to minimise inefficiency due to tensions and friction in the working relationship of A and B'
1 day 2 hrs
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