German term
Ireland
Tourism and winter sports translations
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: German to English, Spanish to English, French to English
zeigt auf
I'm confused about the use of "zeigt auf" in the sentence below. The text is giving a brief summary of an employee's history & achievements. In the context, it would make sense if the employee were responsible for developing the object mentioned, but can "zeigen auf" have this meaning?
"Seit zwei Jahren arbeitet er beim Unternehmen X. Hier zeigt er auf ein Einlassrohr, durch das Zement in die Leerraeume im Stuetzenfuss gelangt."
Thanks!
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Kim Metzger
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May 5, 2011 12:57: Kim Metzger changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Trudy Peters, Bernd Runge, Kim Metzger
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Proposed translations
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
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philgoddard
: It's not clear whether this is meant literally or figuratively (we don't have enough context), but this is what it means.
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It sounds like a caption for a photo showing the employee at work.
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Coqueiro
20 mins
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: ich glaube wirklich, dass es hier um ein Photo gehen muss, und das ist die Unterschrift dazu (oder Überschrift )
29 mins
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Horst Huber (X)
: Sinnvoll nur als Bildauf/unterschrift. Manchmal schlüpft ein Satz dieser Art in einen Bericht?
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igerold
2 hrs
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Johannes Gleim
: Wenn es um eine Bildunterschrift geht, ja!
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Michael Harris
11 hrs
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Ramey Rieger (X)
: Wow! Auch ohne Kontext. Be well, Kim
11 hrs
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Colin Rowe
: Certainly sounds like a caption
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Discussion
Sometimes you overthink things and miss the easiest explanation! Thanks Kim!