voci 2014

Mehdi Geiger

Mehdi Geiger

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Language English
Category English
Level University
Created / Updated 03.02.2014 / 24.05.2014
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quality assurance

Qualitätszusicherung - defined targets for measuring improvements in quality

technical specifications

technische Anforderungen - precise guidelines establishing what a product should have

what's the matter (with it) ?

Was ist los mit? - what is wrong?

hassle

Schwierigkeiten, Ärger mit - a pain/problem/trouble

out of order

ausser Betrieb - not working

to fix s'th

etwas reparieren - to repair

to mend s'th

etwas reparieren - to repair

to brief

jemanden instruieren - to inform s'one quickly

to work-round-the-clock

rund um die Uhr arbeiten - 24 hrs / all day and night

to take corrective action

korrigierende Massnahmen ergreifen - to put right a mistake/s

to make or break

Alles oder Nichts - to succeed or fail

inappropriate

ungeeignet - not suitable / bad

acronym

Akronym (ein Wort gebildet aus den Anfangsbuchstaben) - NATO is an acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

signposting

wegweisen, beschildern - to show the way (e.g. Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly....)

collocations

Anordnung, (Wort)Zusammenstellung - e.g. to miss a deadline / to acheive your goals

prediction / to predict

Vorhersage / vorhersagen - to forecast

to digress / digression

abschweifen /Abschweifung - to get side-tracked

to emphasize / emphasis

etwas betonen, hervorheben / Betonung, Hervorhebung - to stress / highlight

consumption / to consume

Konsum / konsumieren - the amount of s'th you use

upside down

verkehrt - the other way round

garment

Kleidungsstück - item of clothing

to enable

befähigen - to allow s'th to happen

drowsiness (n) / drowsy (adj)

Schläfrigkeit / schläfrig - tired/sleepy

abbreviation

Abkürzung - a short form e.g. asap/ie/eg

to ascertain

etwas feststellen - to establish if s'th is true

harvest

Ernte / ernten - to gather your winnings/profit

outlet

Verkaufsstelle - shop / retailer

shelf life

Lagerfähigkeit - how long you can keep it in a shop

bulk

Grösse, Menge, Umfang - the main part

sound (adj)

gesund, gut, vernünftig - good

to bruise easily

leicht quetschen - to get injured/hurt/damaged quickly

shallow

seicht, oberflächlich - not deep / superficial

to squash

zerquetschen, hereinquetschen - to squeeze between two things

storage

Lager - a place to keep things until they are used

value for money

 

Preis-Leistungsverhältnis - to get a good deal