Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
aufbewahrungswürdig
English translation:
emails worth saving
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Nov 12, 2009 10:16
14 yrs ago
German term
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aufbewahrungswürdig
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Software
email
The context is "aufbewahrungswürdige E-Mails" in a user manual for an email archiving program (not to be confused with "aufbewahrungspflichtig").
The client has used "archival-worthy" in the past, but I'm not sure if this is standard. My best guess would be "emails worthy of archiving". Please help...
The client has used "archival-worthy" in the past, but I'm not sure if this is standard. My best guess would be "emails worthy of archiving". Please help...
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Paul Cohen
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emails worth saving
“Emails worth saving” sounds like normal English to my ears. Of course, having said all that, I'm not a computer geek.
It really depends on how you choose to translate aufbewahrungspflichtig, Mark. "Emails that must be saved," perhaps? Obviously, the two terms need to go hand in hand.
In any case, I don't think "worthy" is the word you're looking for. We would say "worth" and, even in the context of an archiving program, I would feel more comfortable with "save," which is the standard word that I am familiar with in computer programs.
If you feel the need to stick with archiving, however, you can always call them "emails worth archiving."
It really depends on how you choose to translate aufbewahrungspflichtig, Mark. "Emails that must be saved," perhaps? Obviously, the two terms need to go hand in hand.
In any case, I don't think "worthy" is the word you're looking for. We would say "worth" and, even in the context of an archiving program, I would feel more comfortable with "save," which is the standard word that I am familiar with in computer programs.
If you feel the need to stick with archiving, however, you can always call them "emails worth archiving."
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Paul. You're right about 'worth' instead of 'worthy'. The client's use of 'archival-worthy' threw me off here. However, 'save' is not right in this context. The emails do not have to be saved. The email program does that automatically. This is about archiving, which is a separate process with its own requirements for compliance and also with its own terminology. I'm still convinced there is a standard term in the industry for the concept under discussion here, but I will go with "emails worth archiving" in this case, as a safe solution. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Trudy Peters
: Why not? Plain and simple.
1 hr
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| agree |
Colin Rowe
: Certainly sounds natural and instantly understandable
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| agree |
Dr Lofthouse
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jaime losantos
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Follow-up e-mail, Special e-mail, Special interest e-mail, etc.
These are common terms for GMail, Outlook and other e-mail clients that may help
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elect-to-keep
is what I would use in the context of a list of options, making it easy to differentiate must-keep and elect-to-keep mail. And if, as Paul says, you feel the need to stick with archiving, you can replace 'keep' with 'archive'. Hope this helps.
5 hrs
[sth.] merits archiving
Vielleicht?
'The Bush White House argues that in order to merit archiving, e-mail messages must be printed out. Otherwise, they're history (or not history in this case).'
http://avinformatics.org/avinform/newsletters/mayjun92.txt
'The Bush White House argues that in order to merit archiving, e-mail messages must be printed out. Otherwise, they're history (or not history in this case).'
http://avinformatics.org/avinform/newsletters/mayjun92.txt
Example sentence:
Emails that merit archiving
8 hrs
makhno
Works in field
worthy-to-keep
worthy to keep
3 days 10 hrs
German term (edited):
aufbewahrungswürdig / aufbewahrungspflichtig
worth retaining / to be retained
In the context of electronic archives, there are so-called "retention management" functionalities. They control which data needs to be stored for which period of time.
Note from asker:
| Susanne, I think is this the answer I was looking for. Let's hope someone else agrees with you. For obvious reasons I opted to let the community decide. |
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