"handmännisch"
English translation: pragmatic
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| 03:27 Jun 13, 2014 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Wendy Streitparth Germany Local time: 05:13 | ||||||
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| 2 +7 | pragmatic |
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| 4 | professional |
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| 4 | in a customized manner |
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| 3 | practical |
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| 3 | well-conceived and practical |
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Answers
11 mins confidence: 
professional Explanation: here in the sense of a "workman-like job" has been done in preparing them. |
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1 hr confidence:
practical Explanation: I would suggest -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2014-06-13 04:39:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The works agreements are sound and reflect a good (working) relationship between the works council and the employer. I think "sound" is preferable to my original suggestion of "practical" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2014-06-13 04:40:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- you might even leave out "works" in "works agreements" to avoid repetition -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2014-06-13 04:42:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- too many "works" spoil the broth to twist a metaphor ... |
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4 hrs confidence:
in a customized manner Explanation: The word undoubtedly means "manually" in the literal sense and therefore "wirken handmännisch" means these agreements function according to the situation i.e. "in a customized manner" (manually drafted as per requirement) so to speak. So, although using customized is taking a lot of liberty, it certainly expresses what they are trying to say. |
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6 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +7
peer agreement (net): +7pragmatic Explanation: Would have agreed with David, except that practical crops up in the other half of the sentence. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2014-06-13 09:50:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or possibly hands-on |
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