Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

mit System

English translation:

systematically

Added to glossary by Kathryn McFarland
Dec 30, 2005 02:03
18 yrs ago
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German term

mit System

German to English Marketing Cooking / Culinary Baking
Da wird einerseits beim Nikolaus vorbei geschaut, werden Gedichte aufgesagt und dafür kleine Geschenke entgegengenommen, und andererseits werden auch eigenhändig Weihnachtsgebäcke hergestellt: Und dies „mit System“, wie die Chefköche des SV Schweiz, die den Kindern bei ihrer Arbeit helfen, meinen:
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 systematically
4 with a purpose

Discussion

Francis Lee (X) Jan 3, 2006:
My question (as ever) is: what's the context, Kathryn? Who is relating what to whom?
Trans-Marie Dec 30, 2005:
Ja, sage doch bitte noch, was nach dem Doppelpunkt kommt, es kann gut sein, dass SwissTell richtig liegt.
Armorel Young Dec 30, 2005:
Any chance of us knowing what comes after the colon? - it looks as though it would shed light on what "mit System" is referring to.

Proposed translations

+7
14 mins
Selected

systematically



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Note added at 32 mins (2005-12-30 02:35:34 GMT)
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Also: 'not without method' or 'methodically'
Peer comment(s):

agree Kim Metzger : I'm in favor of methodically.
1 hr
agree Stephen Sadie : with kim
2 hrs
agree Frosty : me2
2 hrs
agree Stefanie Sendelbach
3 hrs
agree Christian : Yep!
3 hrs
agree writeaway : methodically -me3
6 hrs
agree Eugenia Lourenco
1 day 17 hrs
neutral Francis Lee (X) : sorry, doesn't work for me - do you really think an English-speaking chef would say that?
4 days
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58 mins

with a purpose

my native knowledge of the language makes me suspect that the "system" here refers to the/a purpose
Peer comment(s):

neutral Francis Lee (X) : aber ein native-speaker Koch würde so 'was unwahrscheinlich sagen
4 days
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