Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Beauskunftung
English translation:
retrieval and presentation of information
Added to glossary by
Marcus Malabad
Jul 5, 2002 20:02
22 yrs ago
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German term
beauskunftung
German to English
Tech/Engineering
IT / networks
in a requirements spec for a software componet of a communications network (mobile telephony).
specific context (examples):
Der Customer-Services(CS)
Schnittstelle muss über die gesamte, zur Beauskunftung und Verwaltung der Privacy Settings erforderliche Funktionalität verfügen.
5.2.1 Anforderungen
...
- Bereitstellung von Schnittstellen für alle Benutzer Beauskunftungs-Funktionen
In my view this is nhj (Neuhochjargon), but it gets 800+ Google hits! (a sign of the times)
specific context (examples):
Der Customer-Services(CS)
Schnittstelle muss über die gesamte, zur Beauskunftung und Verwaltung der Privacy Settings erforderliche Funktionalität verfügen.
5.2.1 Anforderungen
...
- Bereitstellung von Schnittstellen für alle Benutzer Beauskunftungs-Funktionen
In my view this is nhj (Neuhochjargon), but it gets 800+ Google hits! (a sign of the times)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | calling up information on |
Alexander Schleber (X)
|
| 4 +1 | information (to display the information about...) |
Klaus Dorn (X)
|
| 4 | provision of information |
Dr. Fred Thomson
|
| 4 | querying |
mbrunet
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Proposed translations
8 hrs
Selected
calling up information on
"... for calling up information on and managing the privacy settings...".
Longer but more understandable than querying.
Longer but more understandable than querying.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks; this is about what I was thinking from examing a number of Google hits, where the context suggests that it means 'retrieving and displaying/listing information' (as an integrated function). There may be an equally (linguistically) horrible English term for this, but I haven't the foggiest blue notion what it is..."
+1
8 mins
Klaus Dorn (X)
Native in German
&
English
Klaus Dorn (X)
We love languages!
Native in: English 
, German
Works in: German to English, English to German, Turkish to English, and 3 more.
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Related KudoZ points
:
1514
information (to display the information about...)
I think that's what I would call it, and yes, you are right, this is very new German, in fact, it looks to me as if there was an English term and someone refused to take the Anglicism into German and came up with this instead!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
gangels (X)
18 hrs
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1 hr
Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
A lawyer, technician, nuclear power optr
Native in: English
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
5861
provision of information
process of providing information
Who knows?
Who knows?
2 hrs
querying
In this context the programs "queries" the system for specific information, in this case on the privacy settings.
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