Aug 5, 2004 03:20
19 yrs ago
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German term
Austria
*Service with a smile!
Native in: English 
, German
Works in: German to English, English to German, German to French, and 51 more.
hausgemacht
German to English
Bus/Financial
Economics
The sentence reads:
"Der Absatzrückgang liege am Zigarettenschmuggel, sagt XXX. Das Problem sei teils hausgemacht, sagen Branchenkenner"
Homemade doesn't seem to be too idiomatic in this context. Thanks for your help.
"Der Absatzrückgang liege am Zigarettenschmuggel, sagt XXX. Das Problem sei teils hausgemacht, sagen Branchenkenner"
Homemade doesn't seem to be too idiomatic in this context. Thanks for your help.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | of the industry's own making |
Armorel Young
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| 4 +5 | homemade |
Edith Kelly
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| 3 +1 | homegrown |
wrtransco
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| 4 | partly of domestic origin |
mckinnc
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Proposed translations
+2
7 hrs
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of the industry's own making
I don't think the point is that it's a "domestic" rather than a "foreign" problem - it is hausgemacht in the sense that the very people who are complaining about the problem (i.e. presumably the cigarette manufacturers or retailers) are the people who have created it (and therefore have the power to stop it).
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jonathan MacKerron
: makes sense
3 days 5 hrs
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| agree |
Ulrike Kraemer
: just what I needed right now in an entirely different context ... :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much!"
+1
1 hr
homegrown
may work
Originating in or characteristic of a locality: “Rock is homegrown music in the United States, evolved from blues and country and Tin Pan Alley” (Jon Pareles).
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=homegrown
Originating in or characteristic of a locality: “Rock is homegrown music in the United States, evolved from blues and country and Tin Pan Alley” (Jon Pareles).
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=homegrown
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
mckinnc
: If I understand correctly, and it means the problems has its origins domestically, this is how I would say it. In otehr words, the problem is not imported from abroad
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+5
1 hr
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in German
&
English
Works in field
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German , English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
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23
homemade
The problem is homemade
Another option
Another option
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Hans G. Liepert
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Thanks.
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Siegfried Armbruster
1 hr
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| agree |
Tatjana Dujmic
1 hr
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| agree |
Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
2 hrs
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Alexandra Collins
3 hrs
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4 hrs
partly of domestic origin
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