Kauf-Stopp

English translation: buying freeze / boycott

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German term or phrase:Kauf-Stopp
English translation:buying freeze / boycott
Entered by: Steffen Walter

16:49 Apr 5, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
German term or phrase: Kauf-Stopp
Menschenrechte stehen über Wirtschafts-Interessen, das bedeutet Kauf-Stop von chinesischen oder Waren mit Olympia-Logo
martina1974
Austria
Local time: 16:14
buying freeze / boycott of ...
Explanation:
Quite simply.
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SinnerAtta
Canada
Local time: 07:14
Grading comment
thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1buying freeze / boycott of ...
SinnerAtta
4 +1boycott
Beth Jones
4 -1(this means) stopping to buy ...
Ellen Kraus


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
buying freeze / boycott of ...


Explanation:
Quite simply.

SinnerAtta
Canada
Local time: 07:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Craig Meulen: boycott
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Craig. Outside of the context given, Kauf-Stop (when a company needs to watch its bottom line) is a "buying freeze". As I said, I should have looked at the context more closely. Then, "boycott" would have been the answer.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
boycott


Explanation:
verb [ trans. ]
withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
• refuse to buy or handle (goods) as a punishment or protest.
• refuse to cooperate with or participate in (a policy or event).
noun
a punitive ban that forbids relations with other bodies, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods.

Beth Jones
Austria
Local time: 16:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Craig Meulen
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
(this means) stopping to buy ...


Explanation:

or: this means boycotting ....

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 16:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Lancashireman: Incorrect understanding of gerunds and infinitives in English. ‘Stop to buy’ is the exact opposite of ‘stop buying’.
3 hrs
  -> that was an unforgivable blunder indeed.Thanks for having drawn my attention to it.
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