American satellite

German translation: Ableger einer amerikanischen Firma

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English term or phrase:	American satellite
German translation:	Ableger einer amerikanischen Firma
Entered by:	Elisabeth Kissel

22:10 Dec 9, 2009

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English term or phrase: American satellite

I am translating the (hi)story of a company and just don´t know what to do with that *American satellite*.

A German store founded on excellence in XXX became an international XXX company, then began again as an American satellite “war baby.”

Gabriele Eiber (Kaessler) KudoZ activity Questions: 485 (2 open) (5 without valid answers) (17 closed without grading) Answers: 165 Germany
Local time: 15:39

Ableger einer amerikanischen Firma

Explanation:
a spin-off or subsiduary of an American company
I think this is what is meant.

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Elisabeth Kissel
Australia
Local time: 23:39

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Ableger einer amerikanischen Firma

Elisabeth Kissel

Ableger in den USA/in Amerika

Christiane Rösch

amerikanisches Satellitenunternehmen

Barbara Wiebking

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american satellite (here)

Ableger einer amerikanischen Firma

Explanation:
a spin-off or subsiduary of an American company
I think this is what is meant.

Elisabeth Kissel
Australia
Local time: 23:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12

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16 mins confidence:

american satellite (here) amerikanisches Satellitenunternehmen

Explanation:
Falls das vom Inhalt her passt - sich also das Zentrum weiterhin in D befindet und es sich bei dem Geschäft in Amerika um den Ableger bzw. Satelliten handelt.

Example sentence(s):

Es werden sich 2 Arten von Unternehmen herausbilden, die weite Teile der Internetwirtschaft massgeblich bestimmen werden: Zentren: ... (und) Satelliten: die ihre Geschäfte auf diesen Zentren aufbauen.

Reference: http://netzwertig.com/2008/06/20/wie-das-internet-die-zusamm...

Barbara Wiebking
Germany
Local time: 15:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German

3 days 11 hrs confidence:

american satellite Ableger in den USA/in Amerika

Explanation:
Für mich liest es sich eher, als ob die Firma als Folge des Krieges in den USA das Unternehmen neu aufbaute oder aber mit gleicher Geschäftsidee/Produkten neugegründet wurde.
ohnen "began again" würde ich kriddl zustimmen.

>> then began again as an American satellite “war baby.”
>> und begann dann in Folge des Krieges als Ableger in Amerika/amerikanischer Ableger von vorne/neu.

Christiane Rösch
Germany
Local time: 15:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German

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