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auf einer Anlage produzieren

English translation: produce on a machine/plant/line

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German term or phrase:auf einer Anlage produzieren
English translation:produce on a machine/plant/line
Entered by: Dipl.-Ing. Robert Bach (X)

14:23 Aug 20, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing
German term or phrase: auf einer Anlage produzieren
This is a rarely occurring phrase in my experience and I would be interested in how to render it in EN:
Die Kenntnis der auf einer Anglage produzierten Stufenprodukte und ihrer Eigenschaften is von entscheidender Wichtigkeit..." In the EN titles of SOPs "Anlage" is rendered by "plant" and in another section, the formulation "...in den Anlagen produziert..." appears. Is there a subtle difference that I am missing?

Thanks,

Harold
Vadney (X)
produced on a machine
Explanation:
An Anlage is a machine or a whole production line of machines or a whole factory full of such production lines; it can be a group of components that make up a (stereo) system.

It is one of those words like Mark Twain's "Zug" and "Schlag" in "The Awful German Language".

produced/manufactured/completed

Because they allude to phases of the overall production process, your case could be an individual machine (which might handle multiple tooling steps) or one of several production lines that the product passes through. You might know more about the facility (another word for Anlage).

Here's some fun: Click on the link below. It is a search in Google images for "Anlage". Enjoy the variety.
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4it depends on the size of the "Anlage" in question
Alison Schwitzgebel
4produced on a machine
Dipl.-Ing. Robert Bach (X)


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it depends on the size of the "Anlage" in question


Explanation:
An "Anlage" in German can be anything from the size of my "Telefonanlage" at home (one base station, two handsets) to an entire production line in an automotive plant.

In the sentence you quote, I would tend to go for "equipment" or something along those lines.

HTH

Alison

Alison Schwitzgebel
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
produced on a machine


Explanation:
An Anlage is a machine or a whole production line of machines or a whole factory full of such production lines; it can be a group of components that make up a (stereo) system.

It is one of those words like Mark Twain's "Zug" and "Schlag" in "The Awful German Language".

produced/manufactured/completed

Because they allude to phases of the overall production process, your case could be an individual machine (which might handle multiple tooling steps) or one of several production lines that the product passes through. You might know more about the facility (another word for Anlage).

Here's some fun: Click on the link below. It is a search in Google images for "Anlage". Enjoy the variety.


    Reference: http://images.google.at/images?q=Anlage&ie=UTF-8&hl=de&btnG=...
Dipl.-Ing. Robert Bach (X)
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