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abrufen

English translation: also (always) do our best

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German term or phrase:abrufen
English translation:also (always) do our best
Entered by: Arkadiusz Witek

09:48 Sep 22, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: abrufen
Wohnungsbau

Ob Neubau oder Umbau von Wohnhäusern aller Art, wir rufen auch hier immer wieder unsere optimale Leistung ab.
Arkadiusz Witek
Poland
Local time: 19:04
[...], we also (or: "always") do our best.
Explanation:
...weird sentence. Notice that I included most of the sentence in my suggestion. I think they are just saying that they always do their best no matter what they do. ;)
Selected response from:

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 19:04
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5[...], we also (or: "always") do our best.
Derek Gill Franßen
3 +1put in performance
Michael Sieger
3 -1revert to
Rolf Keiser


  

Answers


12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Leistung abrufen
put in performance


Explanation:
Im Zusammenhang:
we put in our optimum performance

Michael Sieger
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lingua.Franca: you beat me to it . . .
0 min
  -> Danke :)
neutral  Derek Gill Franßen: I don't want to disagree, because it just might be a US/UK thing (and because I also offered a suggestion), but this doesn't really sound natural to me.
12 mins
neutral  dkfmmuc: @Derek Gill Franßen: This may sound not natural but it is in the last years a more and more common phrase especially in sports. Often athletes and their trainers speak about that they only have to retrieve their usual level of performance to have success.
57 mins
neutral  Wendy Lewin: doesn't hit the right note - too formal
1 hr
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
[...], wir rufen auch hier immer wieder unsere optimale Leistung ab.
[...], we also (or: "always") do our best.


Explanation:
...weird sentence. Notice that I included most of the sentence in my suggestion. I think they are just saying that they always do their best no matter what they do. ;)

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 19:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thank you.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, I also thought that it's a weird question. Thank you.

Asker: Sorry sentence of course.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Lewin
1 hr
agree  Rosa Foyle: this is straight to the point and the best soloution here.
2 hrs
agree  gangels (X)
2 hrs
agree  Rebecca Garber: best solution for weird construction. 'always do are best' is better than 'also'
2 hrs
agree  franglish
4 hrs
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
revert to


Explanation:
vde. below

Example sentence(s):
  • revert to our outstanding performance capability
Rolf Keiser
Switzerland
Local time: 19:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  dkfmmuc: Just want to agree (see above in the other part of the discussion). "Retrieve" or "repeat" ...
20 mins
  -> Danke, dkfmmuc
disagree  gangels (X): That's 'labored' English, if any
2 hrs
disagree  Kim Metzger: So they normally don't provide outstanding performance? revert to: to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition
4 hrs
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