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German term

abrufbar

German to English Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology)

Internext context - a site offers 'abrufbar' journey planning.

Proposed translations (English)

0	to retrive/retrivable	TRANSRAPID
0	travel planning on demand	Ulrike Lieder (X)
0	on call	Mats Wiman

Change log

Oct 27, 2007 16:24: Kim Metzger changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "IT (Information Technology)"

Oct 27, 2007 16:25: Kim Metzger changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Proposed translations

13 mins

TRANSRAPID

United Kingdom

268 answers

Native in German & English

Works in field

Selected

to retrive/retrivable

to call up,
accessable/accessing/provides
Any of those can be used in Internet context.

On site 'journey planning' can be accessed.
The site offers journey planning, - sounds OK too.

Peer comment(s):

	Parrot
	Sabine Wedemeyer

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Ulrike Lieder (X)

3082 answers

Native in German

Works in field

travel planning on demand

Abrufen in an IT context is generally "retrieve". But "on demand" struck me as a viable alternative, one that might sound a little more snazzy, if it's a marketing-type of text.

Here's abrufen in all its permutations:
abrufen v (Dp) / retrieve v (data from central computer into local storage, etc.)
abrufen v (Daten) (Dp) / retrieve v (data)
Daten abrufen (Dp, Sw) / to recall data
Informationen abrufen (Vtx) / to retrieve information
zyklisch abrufen (TP, Tr) / poll v (terminals, etc.)
[Brinkmann]

Reference:

Brinkmann, Datentechnik

Peer comment(s):

buckel