By default

German translation: standardmässig

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English term or phrase:By default
German translation:standardmässig

19:16 Feb 6, 2012
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing / equivalent of standard or default
English term or phrase: By default
Is is possible to express a standard material that is being used for a specific process or tool with the expression "by default", i.e. by default xyz is made of abc, steel for example, meaning that xyz is normally made of steel?
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standardmässig
Explanation:
Das ist die übliche Bedeutung für "by default".

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Note added at 57 Min. (2012-02-06 20:13:56 GMT)
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Das ist das, was angenommen wird, wenn nichts festgelegt worden ist. Wenn eine Festlegung "fehlt".

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Note added at 58 Min. (2012-02-06 20:14:50 GMT)
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Die Frage ist aber schlecht gestellt. Man sieht nicht, was Frage ist, und was Kontext, d.h. Zitat aus dem fraglichen Ausgangstext.
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Rolf Kern
Switzerland
Local time: 06:31
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Thank you for the comment(s). You are right, I could have been a bit more specific about the context.
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by default
standardmässig


Explanation:
Das ist die übliche Bedeutung für "by default".

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Note added at 57 Min. (2012-02-06 20:13:56 GMT)
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Das ist das, was angenommen wird, wenn nichts festgelegt worden ist. Wenn eine Festlegung "fehlt".

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Note added at 58 Min. (2012-02-06 20:14:50 GMT)
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Die Frage ist aber schlecht gestellt. Man sieht nicht, was Frage ist, und was Kontext, d.h. Zitat aus dem fraglichen Ausgangstext.

Rolf Kern
Switzerland
Local time: 06:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 115
Grading comment
Thank you for the comment(s). You are right, I could have been a bit more specific about the context.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johannes Gleim: By default, a new file contains a table with the same name as the file. Standardmäßig enthält eine neue Datei eine Tabelle mit demselben Namen wie die Datei. http://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/search?source=auto&qu...
1 hr
  -> Danke

agree  Ursula Leberl
3 hrs
  -> Danke

agree  Annett Hieber
10 hrs
  -> Danke

agree  Colin Rowe
13 hrs
  -> Danke

agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): http://www.dict.cc/?s=by default
3 days 17 hrs
  -> Danke

agree  Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.: Ja, aber (in DE) mit ß: 'standardmäßig'. Auch möglich: sofern nicht anders angegeben.
3 days 23 hrs
  -> Ja klar, mein Vorschlag war aus Versehen schweizerisches Deutsch.
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