Fündigkeit

English translation: discovery

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German term or phrase:Fündigkeit
English translation:discovery
Entered by: Alan Johnson

01:35 Jan 14, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems
German term or phrase: Fündigkeit
In der Dominikanischen Republik (48.430 km2, davon rund 10.000 km2 Hauptsedimentbecken onshore) wurden seit 1905 rund 60 Explorationsbohrungen abgeteuft, eine wirtschaftliche Fündigkeit blieb bislang aus.
Richard Marzan
Local time: 07:51
discovery
Explanation:
as in "an economical(ly exploitable) discovery has not yet been made"
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Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 12:51
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4 +2discovery
Alan Johnson
3 +1exploitation
Christine Lam


  

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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
exploitation


Explanation:
..commercial exploitation..

First Cuba oil well not worth commercial exploitation. Friday, July 30, 2004. MADRID, Spain (AFP): Repsol-YPF, Spain's leading oil company, said Thursday ...
www.caribbeannetnews.com/2004/07/30/oil.htm - 66k

Christine Lam
Local time: 07:51
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
discovery


Explanation:
as in "an economical(ly exploitable) discovery has not yet been made"

Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 12:51
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Native speaker of: English
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agree  Steffen Walter
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agree  Paul Cohen
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