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rueckstandsfreien Haushaltsreinigern; anwenderfreu

English translation: residue-free; low maintenance (in this context)

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German term or phrase:rückstandsfrei; anwenderfreundlich
English translation:residue-free; low maintenance (in this context)
Entered by: Steffen Walter

11:16 Jul 19, 2000
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering
German term or phrase: rueckstandsfreien Haushaltsreinigern; anwenderfreu
Text about a telecoms system; the casing of the system is anwenderfreundlich and shoudl be cleaned with rueckstandsfreien Haushaltsreinigern. HTH. Nick
Nick Smith, BA (Hons.), Dipl. Uebers. (FH Koeln)
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:22
residue-free; low maintenance
Explanation:
Rückstandsfrei = residue-free (or clean), according Degering/Wessels, Wörterbuch Umwelt. In this case, the use of "clean" would be a bit redundant, so residue-free would definitely be my first choice.
While anwenderfreundlich is generally translated as user friendly, I would choose "low maintenance" for this particular instance. The text deals with the casing of a system, and that is something that I'd consider low maintenance rather than user friendly. (Even the German choice of words is a bit odd...). As an alternative, you might say that the housing of the system is easy to clean and requires only a normal, residue-free household cleaner.
HTH.
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Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 07:22
Grading comment
Thanks v. much
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Summary of answers provided
naresidue-free household cleaner; user-friendly
Dierk Seeburg
naresidue-free; low maintenance
Ulrike Lieder (X)


  

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12 mins
residue-free household cleaner; user-friendly


Explanation:
Rückstände are residues, see http://www.apolloind.com/janitorial.html; The second URL below is a commercial report only, but it has "all the fixin's".
Cheerio,
Dierk


    Reference: http://home.earthlink.net/~z41/io.html
    Reference: http://library.northernlight.com/PG19990721210015863.html?cb...
Dierk Seeburg
Local time: 08:22
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 404
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33 mins
residue-free; low maintenance


Explanation:
Rückstandsfrei = residue-free (or clean), according Degering/Wessels, Wörterbuch Umwelt. In this case, the use of "clean" would be a bit redundant, so residue-free would definitely be my first choice.
While anwenderfreundlich is generally translated as user friendly, I would choose "low maintenance" for this particular instance. The text deals with the casing of a system, and that is something that I'd consider low maintenance rather than user friendly. (Even the German choice of words is a bit odd...). As an alternative, you might say that the housing of the system is easy to clean and requires only a normal, residue-free household cleaner.
HTH.

Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 07:22
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 3525
Grading comment
Thanks v. much
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