May 20, 2013 12:58
10 yrs ago
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German term

Abfahren

German to English Tech/Engineering Engineering (general) transport
This term occurs in the following sentence describing the duties of the department responsible for keeping the town clean:

Die Trockenreinigung des gesamten Stadtgebiets sowie das Abfahren und Reinigen der städtichen Straßen und Gehwege ist eine weitere Aufgabe der Angestellten.

What does abfahren mean here?

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Proposed translations (English)
3 +5 to inspect/check

Proposed translations

+5
8 mins
Selected

to inspect/check

the streets for rubbish...

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Note added at 11 min (2013-05-20 13:10:05 GMT)
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and whether the garbage bags have been put out on the streets correctly...
Peer comment(s):

agree Usch Pilz : Definitively. Checking and inspecting is the main thing. Driving just happens because it would take too long to do it all on foot. :-) We take these things very seriously, where I come from ...
39 mins
Danke!
agree jccantrell
1 hr
Danke!
agree David Moore (X)
1 hr
Danke!
agree Ramey Rieger (X)
5 hrs
Danke!
agree Lancashireman : 'Make a tour of inspection' (to include the -fahren element). As Mark4444 is UK based, I suspect that 'garbage' will not tone in well with the rest of the text.
10 hrs
Well, we're one step closer,... translating from AE to BE should be do-able...!
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