abarbeiten

English translation: work through

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German term or phrase:abarbeiten
English translation:work through
Entered by: Chris Rowson (X)

23:22 Aug 21, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities / stock market
German term or phrase: abarbeiten
das Abarbeiten der ersten Erholungswelle (refers to stock market)
I believe I have heard the term work down ina financial context on TV, but I cannot find the confirmation in any of my books.
EMatt
Local time: 18:04
work through
Explanation:
E.g. " ... has been worked through."

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Note added at 2002-08-22 02:17:06 (GMT)
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I wouldn´t be surprised by \"work down\" either, but I think I am more used to it as above.

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Note added at 904 days (2005-02-11 04:26:16 GMT) Post-grading
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In the additional sentence now provided, I would agree with \"work down\". But looking at the question again (after more than two years), I still feel work through is good for the first sentence. You work a signal down, and you work through a wave of recovery.
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Chris Rowson (X)
Local time: 23:04
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6work through
Chris Rowson (X)
4 +1attention handling
swisstell
4Processing
nadrych
3Process
1964


Discussion entries: 3





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
attention handling


Explanation:
per Babylon, therefore:
the handling of the attention given to the first wave of recovery ...

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 23:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 22

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agree  Chinoise
1 hr
  -> thanks, BBW
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Process


Explanation:
I am not so sure but it sounds like a kind of stage work completed

1964
Türkiye
Local time: 01:04
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Processing


Explanation:
This is the way I understand it.


    ffm.junetz.de/members/reeg/DSP/node8.html
    Reference: http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/konf/8793/1.html
nadrych
Russian Federation
Local time: 01:04
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
work through


Explanation:
E.g. " ... has been worked through."

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Note added at 2002-08-22 02:17:06 (GMT)
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I wouldn´t be surprised by \"work down\" either, but I think I am more used to it as above.

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Note added at 904 days (2005-02-11 04:26:16 GMT) Post-grading
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In the additional sentence now provided, I would agree with \"work down\". But looking at the question again (after more than two years), I still feel work through is good for the first sentence. You work a signal down, and you work through a wave of recovery.

Chris Rowson (X)
Local time: 23:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 13
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karlo Heppner: Scheint mir am plausibelsten. Aber verstehen tue ich den Satz dennoch nicht.
12 mins
  -> It means prices have been adjusted to take account of the first wave of a recovery which is probably considered to be coming.

agree  Melanie Sellers
53 mins

agree  Daniel Bichis
3 hrs

agree  Elvira Stoianov
5 hrs

agree  Steffen Walter
10 hrs

agree  sonni
7 days
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