erfassen (here)

English translation: determine

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German term or phrase:	erfassen
English translation:	determine
Entered by:	Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.

20:47 Jun 27, 2005

German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general) / nanotechnology

German term or phrase: erfassen (here)

And here is the ultimate definition (see previous question!):
"Nanotechnologie handelt von funktionalen Systemen, die von Untereinheiten mit spezifischen, größenabhängigen Eigenschaften der einzelnen Untereinheiten oder eines Systems aus diesen Gebrauch machen."
Die Definition basiert auf dem Versuch, die in den Definitionen des vorherigen Abschnitts jeweils erwähnten „neuen Eigenschaften durch kleine Größe“ zu **erfassen**. Dafür wurden die Eigenschaften aufgeschrieben und Kriterien entwickelt, anhand derer eine neue Eigenschaft spezifiziert werden kann."
Would "erfassen" here be understand? or include/cover? They want the definition to cover both the size/scale of the technology and the fact that new properties/functions occur in this order of magnitude and as a result of the size.

HelenY

determine

Explanation:
Hello Helen, 'determine' might work here. Regards, Irene

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Note added at 1 hr 9 mins (2005-06-27 21:56:40 GMT)
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I know that I usually have problems with translating \'determine\' to German due to its ambiguity. However, that might be a plus in this context.

Selected response from:

Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.
Spain
Local time: 13:17

Grading comment

Again, this was hard to grade, and I appreciate all the suggestions. Sorry for the delay - I am having huge problems getting online - and staying on once connected...
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Summary of answers provided

3 +2

capture

NGK

identify

mbrunet

determine

Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.

understand or comprehend

Raghunathan Rajagopalan

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

capture

Explanation:
might work

NGK
United States
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 14

1 hr confidence:

determine

Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.
Spain
Local time: 13:17
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 3

Grading comment

Again, this was hard to grade, and I appreciate all the suggestions. Sorry for the delay - I am having huge problems getting online - and staying on once connected...

3 hrs confidence:

understand or comprehend

Explanation:
seems to me to be the answer

Raghunathan Rajagopalan
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: English

1 day 6 hrs confidence:

identify

Explanation:
There is no other possibility here.

mbrunet
PRO pts in category: 3

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