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alle Zugaben fehlen

English translation: no allowances made for fit

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German term or phrase:alle Zugaben fehlen
English translation:no allowances made for fit
Entered by: Jeannie Graham

11:17 Aug 10, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
German term or phrase: alle Zugaben fehlen
Sehr geehrte Kundin, bitte messen Sie sich vor Ihrer Bestellung genau aus. Ich
muß darauf hinweisen, dass es sich bei diesen Maßangaben um reine Körper-
maße handelt, also alle Zugaben fehlen.
Jeannie Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:35
allowances for fit
Explanation:
comes to mind in this context

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-08-10 12:24:36 GMT)
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Something like: no allowance has been made for fit
Selected response from:

Armorel Young
Local time: 18:35
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2without any additional allowance
Elisabeth Moser
3 +3allowances for fit
Armorel Young


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
without any additional allowance


Explanation:
Zugaben sind beim Nähen additions, aber allowance ist häufiger

Elisabeth Moser
United States
Local time: 13:35
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Austrianlassie
47 mins
agree  Susan Geiblinger
2 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
allowances for fit


Explanation:
comes to mind in this context

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-08-10 12:24:36 GMT)
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Something like: no allowance has been made for fit

Armorel Young
Local time: 18:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 95
Grading comment
thank you
Notes to answerer
Asker: Would it therefore be "with no allowances for fit" or "with allowances for fit"?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paul Cohen
2 hrs
agree  Dr. Fred Thomson: Would "no allowances are made" also be correct and be more idiomatic?
3 hrs
agree  Lancashireman
9 hrs
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