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allgemein aufgezogen

English translation: covered in general terms

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German term or phrase:allgemein aufgezogen
English translation:covered in general terms
Entered by: Steffen Walter

08:36 Jun 24, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / description of a country
German term or phrase: allgemein aufgezogen
"Länder wie z.B. Brasilien sind nur allgemein aufgezogen." Part of a reply to a company survey on what staff would like to have in a forthcoming intranet. The company is multinational but has no branch in Brazil. The rest of this reply seems unrelated: "Keine spezifischen Infos. Ansonsten wäre es gut wenn sämtliche Human Resources spezifischen Angaben wie Regularien, ... ersichtlich wären..."
Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:45
covered in general
Explanation:
That's how I understand this.
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BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 17:45
Grading comment
I've used "covered in general terms". Thanks to everybody for helping me to understand this. (and "Keine spezifischen Infos" was related after all!)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3covered in general
BrigitteHilgner
4included
Alexander Schleber (X)
3discussed / elaborated upon
Stephen Sadie


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
aufgezogen (here)
included


Explanation:
Strange use of the word. I think they mean it in the sense of "aufgeführt".

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-06-24 08:41:17 GMT)
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Or "listed".

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 17:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 256
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
aufgezogen (here)
discussed / elaborated upon


Explanation:
strange use but fits the context

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 17:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 264
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
aufgezogen
covered in general


Explanation:
That's how I understand this.

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 17:45
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 172
Grading comment
I've used "covered in general terms". Thanks to everybody for helping me to understand this. (and "Keine spezifischen Infos" was related after all!)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Trudy.
agree  franglish
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, franglish.
agree  Katarina Peters
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Katarina.
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