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Gebrauchsanweisung

English translation: instructions for use

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German term or phrase:Gebrauchsanweisung
English translation:instructions for use
Entered by: Ramey Rieger (X)

13:34 May 7, 2015
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical: Dentistry
German term or phrase: Gebrauchsanweisung
I was just asked whether "instruction for use" is wrong and needs to be changed to "instructions for use". In these cases, it is used in the dental field for Gebrauchsanweisung or Verarbeitungsanleitung of products used by dental technicians or dentists.

I'd like to hear the opinion of English mother-tongue translators as for me the plural version "instructions for use" feels more common and gets ten times more hits on google compared to the singular version.
Margit Hofsaess
Local time: 10:42
instructions for use
Explanation:
always

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Note added at 21 hrs (2015-05-08 10:36:24 GMT)
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It's good to trust your feelings!
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Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 10:42
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7instructions for use
Ramey Rieger (X)


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
instructions for use


Explanation:
always

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Note added at 21 hrs (2015-05-08 10:36:24 GMT)
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It's good to trust your feelings!

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 10:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks very much for your statement. That's what I "felt" but was not absolutely sure about.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman
2 mins
  -> Easy enough, I do believe. Thanks.
agree  Edith Kelly
17 mins
  -> No doubt.
agree  philgoddard
17 mins
  -> Indubitably
agree  Thomas Pfann: Very nice, but what about the question? Is "instruction for use" wrong or just less common?
24 mins
  -> I would call it wrong. You can take or give instruction on a specific topic/subject, but for manuals it is always instructions. American English, to be sure.
agree  Armorel Young
3 hrs
  -> Mercí.
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: Wrong unless there is in fact only one instruction, quite unlikely. If a product needs instruction(s), it'll need more than one. We'd never say "what is the instruction for use".
6 hrs
  -> No, we wouldn't.
agree  Johannes Gleim: Eine Gebrauchsinformation (so der übliche deutsche Begriff) enthält immer viele Informationen und Anweisungen (Zusammensetzung, Anwendungsgebiete, Eigenschaften, Gegenanzeigen, Wechselwirkungen, Dosierung, Anwendungsfehler, Hinweise und Haltbarkeit)
7 hrs
  -> Which is why there are ns translators.
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