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English translation: make quotes for
| 18:13 Nov 18, 2010 |
| Swedish to English translations [PRO] Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Idiom (probably) | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Anna Grynfeld Smith Switzerland Local time: 12:02 | ||||||
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| 4 | calculating |
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| 4 | make quotes for |
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| 3 | calculating on |
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calculating Explanation: Don't think it would be considered an idiom. I think it's simply math. a person calculating pressure jobs... ... and need not spend time calculating productions where they are... |
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calculating on Explanation: I think this means he was calculating on getting the job. (= He expected to get it, or reckoned he had good chances.) Norstedts Stora svensk-engelsk dictionary gives foreman, overseer as the English for a faktor at a tryckeri - i.e. a print shop or printing works. A lot is done by DTP nowadays, but the ink still has to be transferred to the paper by mechanical printing presses for large publications! |
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make quotes for Explanation: ...a person who knows how to make quotes for printing jobs... |
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