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berechenbar

English translation: dependable

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German term or phrase:berechenbar
English translation:dependable
Entered by: Stephen Sadie

14:09 Apr 30, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
German term or phrase: berechenbar
From a PowerPoint presentation for a company in the field of energy services (a bullet item):

"xxx der zuverlässige und berechenbare Partner im Sport-Sponsoring"
My attempt: "xxx – a reliable and calculable partner for sports sponsoring"

Any term or phrase help much appreciated...been on the go nonstop since 5am
TIA Stephen
Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 19:38
dependable
Explanation:
You I think "berechenbar" is just used here as a synonym for "reliable".

Therefore I would use something along the lines of:

dependable
responsible
trustworthy

If you do want to use "berechenbar", perhaps "predictable" would be an option?

Selected response from:

Michaela Blaha
Local time: 19:38
Grading comment
thanks, my comment was menat to be made here!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6dependable
Michaela Blaha
4 +1predictable
Kim Metzger
4trustworthy
Steffen Walter
3 +1that you can count on
CMJ_Trans (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
berechnbar
predictable


Explanation:
Is what I'd use here.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 11:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 215

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nicole Y. Adams, M.A.: me too
2 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
berechnbar
dependable


Explanation:
You I think "berechenbar" is just used here as a synonym for "reliable".

Therefore I would use something along the lines of:

dependable
responsible
trustworthy

If you do want to use "berechenbar", perhaps "predictable" would be an option?



Michaela Blaha
Local time: 19:38
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks, my comment was menat to be made here!
Notes to answerer
Asker: very nice and quick solution, thanks to you and all the others


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: As said in my answer below, "predictable" does not seem to fit here since this could also carry a negative connotation. Agree with "trustworthy" and "dependable", though.
5 mins
  -> Thanks; I would also aim for a work-around instead of using "predictable"
agree  Ian M-H (X): dependable and trustworthy both work
1 hr
agree  Textklick: Kim's translation is accurate IMO but dependable is what I'd use.
2 hrs
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
6 hrs
agree  Laurel Porter (X):
10 hrs
agree  Gad Harel
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
trustworthy


Explanation:
I'm not too happy with Kim's suggestion "predictable (partner)", which could also carry a negative connotation. What you need to find here IMHO is a synonym for "zuverlässig" (reliable) since the two adjectives "zuverlässig" and "berechenbar" are somewhat redundant/overlapping.

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 19:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 246
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
that you can count on


Explanation:
a reliable partner you can count on

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 19:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francis Lee (X): in fact I'd prefer "dependable" for zuverlässig and, indeed, to cover berechenbar as well, but if Stephen bzw. the customer really wants a solution for the latter, then I'd go with this suggestion
16 hrs
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