Apr 4, 2006 12:43
18 yrs ago
German term
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Professional IT & business translations
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, British, Irish) 
Works in: German to English
geschieht dadurch
German to English
Science
Science (general)
A board of scientists in a university are looking for suitable candidates for a range of research fields. Can you please help me understand this sentence?
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Die inhaltliche Orientierung für diese Suche nach geeigneten Personen weltweit geschieht dadurch, dass diese Wissenschafter/innen Physiker/innen, Biolog/innen und Mathematiker/innen sind.
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Thanks in advance!
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Die inhaltliche Orientierung für diese Suche nach geeigneten Personen weltweit geschieht dadurch, dass diese Wissenschafter/innen Physiker/innen, Biolog/innen und Mathematiker/innen sind.
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Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | the search for ... will be directed towards |
hirselina
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| 4 +4 | is governed by the fact |
Edith Kelly
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Proposed translations
+3
10 mins
German term (edited):
Die inhaltliche Orientierung für diese Suche geschieht dadurch
Selected
the search for ... will be directed towards
I think it simply means we will be looking for ....
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all who looked at this convoluted sentence! Much appreciated. I have selected hirselina's answer for my text."
+4
7 mins
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in German
&
English
Works in field
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
is governed by the fact
it's bad German, it means that the search is orientated by the fact that the people looked for are scientists
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ingrid Blank
2 mins
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| agree |
Brigitte Albert (X)
: You're right...it's extremely convoluted and bad style...
9 mins
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| agree |
David Hollywood
: or "is based on the fact that"
22 mins
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| agree |
conny
2 hrs
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