Nachmelder

English translation: late entrants

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German term or phrase:Nachmelder
English translation:late entrants
Entered by: Carolyn Brice

07:23 Apr 4, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Races
German term or phrase: Nachmelder
Natürlich werden aber auch kurze Läufe wie ein 5 km Volkslauf mit vielen Nachmeldern mit dem ** aufgrund der schnellen Vergabemöglichkeit entspannter.

It's for a Website for a company who supplies electronic timing chips, which is what the ** is.

Thanks
Carolyn Brice
Greece
Local time: 10:14
late entrants
Explanation:
would be a better way of saying it

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-04 08:59:24 GMT)
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or latecomers
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Nick Somers (X)
Local time: 09:14
Grading comment
This is what I used.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2people signing up late
Teresa Reinhardt
4late entrants
Nick Somers (X)
4scragglers
Ingeborg Gowans (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
people signing up late


Explanation:
nor aware of a special term; with lots of people signing up late or at the last minute...

Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 00:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ricki Farn: (I can't quite imagine what a timing chip is or how it helps in this situation, but this looks like the only possible meaning of "Nachmelder" to me)
4 mins
  -> Thanks, Ricki! It must be a chip that's easy to distribute and serves to record their time at the other end; esp. importnat for a Volkslauf ;-)

agree  Sandra SAYN (X)
22 mins
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
late entrants


Explanation:
would be a better way of saying it

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-04 08:59:24 GMT)
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or latecomers

Nick Somers (X)
Local time: 09:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
This is what I used.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
scragglers


Explanation:
meaning Lagging behind, , coming in last "also ran" .
I am not sure this is what you mean or people who sign in late: scraggler would also fit for that (American English anyway)

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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-04-04 13:48:39 GMT)
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oops@ of course, I meant stragglers, mea culpa, mea culpa!

Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Canada
Local time: 04:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Nick Somers (X): Don't you mean "stragglers"?
1 hr
  -> yes I did
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