Entwicklungsfertigung

English translation: experimental manufacture

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German term or phrase:Entwicklungsfertigung
English translation:experimental manufacture
Entered by: Trudy Peters

21:46 Sep 17, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space
German term or phrase: Entwicklungsfertigung
What, pray tell, is Entwicklungsfertigung?

I hope someone has a brainstorm...

XX, Teamsprecher Entwicklungsfertigung, kennt die Arbeit zur Nachtstunde. Er fertigt mit seinen Teamkollegen neben Neuentwicklungen auch Einzelstücke und Ersatzteile...

None of this gives me a clue of what to call it.
Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 18:30
prototype manufacturing {department}
Explanation:
How I would phrase it in the USA.
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jccantrell
United States
Local time: 15:30
Grading comment
Great! Thanks JC et al. Will let you know what customer has to say :-)
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3prototype manufacturing {department}
jccantrell
3developments manufacture
Frosty
3product production/manufacturing
Brie Vernier


Discussion entries: 2





  

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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
developments manufacture


Explanation:
Might work - these would be the gizmos (and there could be several of them, each slightly different to the previous one) that are made until someone decides that they have finally got themselves a prototype, at which point thoughts turn towards producing the thing en masse.

Frosty
Local time: 23:30
Native speaker of: English
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
prototype manufacturing {department}


Explanation:
How I would phrase it in the USA.


    Reference: http://www.waoptics.com/prototype.html
jccantrell
United States
Local time: 15:30
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 33
Grading comment
Great! Thanks JC et al. Will let you know what customer has to say :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Siegfried Armbruster
5 hrs

agree  Marcus Malabad: development = prototype
8 hrs

agree  Daniel Bird: also simply "prototyping dept" or more picturesquely, 'Skunk Works'...
13 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
product production/manufacturing


Explanation:
I'd say. Rather a guess, but if you consider "Neuentwicklungen" in the sense of the result of the development process ...

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Note added at 2 days 3 hrs 39 mins (2005-09-20 01:26:16 GMT) Post-grading
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Well, I really don't know why we didn't think of that! Sheesh!!

Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 23:30
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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