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Nylonsteg
Sep 2, 2008 07:23
15 yrs ago
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German term

tagesformabhängig

German to English Tech/Engineering Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Idiomatik
Ein Tester beschrieb das GPS-System so:"Es arbeitet tagesformabhängig." Er registrierte an manchen Tagen Abweichungen fon 20-30cm, an anderen waren keine Abweichungen zu erkennen.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +5 How it feels on the day
2 +5 erratic
3 its performance depends on the shape it's in that day
Change log

Sep 2, 2008 07:33: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering"

Proposed translations

+5
10 mins
Selected

How it feels on the day

I think he might have been being sarcastic! It's normally used of sporting performance!
Note from asker:
Aus dem größeren Kontext geht tatsächlich hervor, dass Sarkasmus im Spiel ist und über das System mit einer gewissen Lässigkeit geredet wird - eine kurze journalistische Auflockerung eines ansonsten technischen Artikels.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Steffen Walter : Despite the German source content, I'd be hesitant to use an equivalent English expression to refer to the performance of a piece of equipment. But perhaps it's just me...
2 mins
agree Ken Cox : IMO quite acceptable in English in an informal, sarcastic context -- especially if the author does in fact mean that the accurracy seemed to vary from one day to the next, not from one reading to the next (which 'erratic' suggests).
36 mins
agree Bernhard Sulzer : I would phrase it: depending on the day (US)
43 mins
agree Helen Shiner : or just 'its performance varies day-to-day depending on how it feels'
50 mins
agree Armorel Young : Yes, it has days of being on good or bad form.
1 hr
agree writeaway
1 hr
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1 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everybody. I actually opted for Bernhard Sulzer's "depending on the day". "
+5
9 mins

erratic

Da wahrscheinlich der QT hier die Unverhorsehbarkeit des Verhaltens meint.
Note from asker:
Das ist auch gut!
Peer comment(s):
agree Steffen Walter : Ja - "it shows an erratic performance/behaviour", "its performance/behaviour is erratic" o. ä.
1 min
agree Bernhard Sulzer : or literally: depending on the day
43 mins
agree Helen Shiner : Good suggestion.
49 mins
agree babli : agree
1 hr
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X)
4 hrs
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4 hrs

its performance depends on the shape it's in that day

someimes you have to take the whole phrase
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