countries and counting

German translation: 140 Länder, Tendenz weiter steigend

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English term or phrase:140 countries and counting
German translation:140 Länder, Tendenz weiter steigend
Entered by: Annika Hogekamp

11:20 Oct 20, 2017
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Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / Selbstdarstellung eines Unternehmens
English term or phrase: countries and counting
Es geht um die Selbstdarstellung eines weltweit tätigen Online-Unternehmens ABC.

"ABC aspires to level the XYZ field, by enabling people worldwide (140 ***countries and counting***) to come together on one platform."

Ich habe zwar den eingesternten Ausdruck bei Facebook gefunden, aber keine Übersetzung dazu.

Kann jemand helfen?
Klaus Urban
Local time: 00:53
140 Länder, Tendenz weiter steigend
Explanation:
used to say that a figure is constantly increasing


alternativ: 140 Länder, bei (kontinuierlich) steigender Anzahl
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Annika Hogekamp
Germany
Local time: 00:53
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Danke!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6140 Länder, Tendenz weiter steigend
Annika Hogekamp
3und es werden immer mehr
Regina Eichstaedter
Summary of reference entries provided
Wörterbuch
Thomas Pfann

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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
140 Länder, Tendenz weiter steigend


Explanation:
used to say that a figure is constantly increasing


alternativ: 140 Länder, bei (kontinuierlich) steigender Anzahl

Example sentence(s):
  • "nearly seven years later (and counting), Hackett remains undefeated"

    Reference: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/and-co...
    https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/and-counting
Annika Hogekamp
Germany
Local time: 00:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Danke!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Danke!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lisa23: finde ich gut
23 mins

agree  BrigitteHilgner: https://www.dict.cc/?s=counting
1 hr

agree  Karolin Schmidt
2 hrs

agree  Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.: Ich würde geringfügig anders formulieren: bis dato 140 Länder, Tendenz steigend
5 hrs

agree  Veronika Neuhold
1 day 7 hrs

agree  lprd027: "Tendenz steigend" reicht, "weiter" ist meiner Meinung nach überflussig
3 days 13 hrs
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
und es werden immer mehr


Explanation:
bisher / bis dato

Regina Eichstaedter
Local time: 00:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 63
Notes to answerer
Asker: Danke Regina!

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Reference comments


33 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Wörterbuch

Reference information:
Es ist nicht „countries and counting“, was hier als fester Ausdruck zu verstehen ist, sondern das nachgeschobene „and counting“.

Oxford Dictionaries:
– and counting [phrase]
Used to say that a figure is constantly increasing.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/%E2%80%94_an...

Merriam-Webster:
— and counting
:with more to come • in business for 50 years and counting
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/%E2%80%94_an...

Wiktionary:
(idiomatic) used to show that the number previously mentioned is continuously changing, i.e. increasing or decreasing
This online dictionary has 100,000 articles — and counting.
Hurry up: the train leaves in three minutes. No, two minutes and counting!

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/and_counting

Thomas Pfann
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Teresa Reinhardt
4 hrs
agree  Veronika Neuhold
1 day 7 hrs
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