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redundant zu

English translation: redundant for

08:09 Aug 20, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
German term or phrase: redundant zu
"Dieses Not-Aus-Signal ist redundant zum Signal "Not-Aus" "

Perhaps this belongs in the "Easy" category, but what's foxing me as how we would translate the "zum" in this context. (redundant to? redundant because of?)
Steve Martin
Germany
Local time: 10:16
English translation:redundant for
Explanation:
Could this not mean:

Dieses Not-Aus-Signal ist redundant für das Signal "Not-Aus" ?

Sometimes, the techies who write these things are linguistically and grammatically challenged ;-).

Just a thought.
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Rebekka Groß (X)
Local time: 09:16
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Summary of answers provided
na +2redundant for
Rebekka Groß (X)
na +1redundant with
Yves Georges
naredundant to
Tom Funke
nabackup
Trudy Peters
nazum
pulelehua


  

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6 mins peer agreement (net): +2
redundant for


Explanation:
Could this not mean:

Dieses Not-Aus-Signal ist redundant für das Signal "Not-Aus" ?

Sometimes, the techies who write these things are linguistically and grammatically challenged ;-).

Just a thought.

Rebekka Groß (X)
Local time: 09:16
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 168
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sonja Cooper (X)
4 mins
agree  Sven Petersson: Hey sparkie, are you talking about me?
31 mins
  -> I wouldn't dare!!!
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38 mins
redundant to


Explanation:
redundant to

.. is the most common usage

AltaVista (English): The number of documents that contain your search terms: redundant for 4597 • redundant with 12365 • redundant to 13136

(...alo in my experience)





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Tom Funke
Local time: 04:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2419
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40 mins peer agreement (net): +1
redundant with


Explanation:
I'am a poor French former "techie" and to translate "ist redundant zum" I would say either,

"is redundant with" (the verb to redund does not exist),

or
"serves as redundancy for"

I searched Google for "redundant for" and "redundant with" : no hits for both combinations.

HTH



    25 years of instrumentation
Yves Georges
France
Local time: 10:16
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 185

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roland Grefer
6 hrs
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2 hrs
backup


Explanation:
You could also say, "is/serves as a backup for..."


Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 04:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 3087
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5 hrs
zum


Explanation:
maybe this is just the sound it makes like a 'hum'

pulelehua
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