May 6, 2008 13:36
16 yrs ago
German term
wenig wahrscheinlich
German to English
Marketing
Marketing / Market Research
in einem Fragebogen zum Ankreuzen
sehr unwahrscheinlich
unwahrscheinlich
***wenig wahrscheinlich***
ziemlich wahrscheinlich
sehr wahrscheinlich
Vielen Dank schon mal vorab !
sehr unwahrscheinlich
unwahrscheinlich
***wenig wahrscheinlich***
ziemlich wahrscheinlich
sehr wahrscheinlich
Vielen Dank schon mal vorab !
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | somewhat unlikely |
Darin Fitzpatrick
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| 3 +8 | not very likely |
Armorel Young
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| 3 +2 | rather unlikely |
Lydia Molea
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| 3 | quite unlikely |
Colin Rowe
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| 3 | not so likely |
Peter Manda (X)
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Change log
May 6, 2008 13:47: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Marketing / Market Research"
Proposed translations
+5
8 mins
Darin Fitzpatrick
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Engineer & Project Manager
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, English to German
Related KudoZ points
:
14
Selected
somewhat unlikely
Another option.
Thus:
Very unlikely
Unlikely
Somewhat unlikely
Somewhat likely
Very likely
Or use "probable / improbable" instead of "likely / unlikely."
Thus:
Very unlikely
Unlikely
Somewhat unlikely
Somewhat likely
Very likely
Or use "probable / improbable" instead of "likely / unlikely."
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Darin!"
+2
2 mins
Lydia Molea
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Works in field
Germany
Quality - Professionalism - Reliability
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, Spanish to German, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
rather unlikely
habe ich schon in Fragebögen gesehen ...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
TDfreelance
4 mins
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thanks
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| agree |
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 hr
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thanks
|
8 mins
Colin Rowe
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
Par Excellence Translations
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
28
quite unlikely
Also very common in this context
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http://www.lnrcancernetwork.nhs.uk/patientinformation/feedba...
20 mins
not so likely
very unlikely
unlikely
***not so likely***
quite likely
very likely
Or, as my friends and enemies would say, "That's very likely, my friend."
unlikely
***not so likely***
quite likely
very likely
Or, as my friends and enemies would say, "That's very likely, my friend."
+8
1 hr
not very likely
as opposed to "quite likely" and "very likely".
The challenge here is to ensure that the options really do signify gradations of meaning - to my ears "somewhat unlikely" and "rather unlikely" are not obviously different from plain "unlikely".
The challenge here is to ensure that the options really do signify gradations of meaning - to my ears "somewhat unlikely" and "rather unlikely" are not obviously different from plain "unlikely".
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
TonyTK
: Good point
49 mins
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| agree |
seehand
1 hr
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| agree |
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 hr
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| agree |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: well done
1 hr
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| agree |
Trudy Peters
2 hrs
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| agree |
LP Schumacher
16 hrs
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| agree |
Bernhard Sulzer
: very unlikely, unlikely, not very likely, quite likely, very likely
16 hrs
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| agree |
Kinga Elsewesi-Korcsmaros
17 hrs
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