whittle down

German translation: in die engere Auswahl

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English term or phrase:whittle down
German translation:in die engere Auswahl
Entered by: aykon

14:30 Oct 22, 2023
English to German translations [PRO]
Marketing - Cooking / Culinary / cheese
English term or phrase: whittle down
Through the detailed blind-judging process, 4,502 cheeses were whittled down to 100 Super Golds, from which 16 finalists were put forward to be re-judged by an International Super Jury for the World Cheese Award to determine an overall winner: the World Champion Cheese for 2023.
aykon
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:56
in die engere Auswahl
Explanation:
Im Rahmen der detaillierten Blindbewertung wurden 4 502 Käsesorten in die engere Auswahl von 100 genommen.

"To whittle" means to reduce in size by stages; such as creating objects in wood like knives, spoons and forks by constantly chipping and shaving away until the desired shape is attained. Here it means to eliminate through a continued process of quality/suitability assessment.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2023-10-23 07:53:58 GMT)
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Die Idee ist wie folgt:
Von 4.502 Käsesorten/-spezialitäten kamen 100 in die engere Auswahl, von denen wiederum 16 den Einzug ins Finale schafften.
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Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:56
Grading comment
Danke
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3 +4in die engere Auswahl
Andrew Bramhall


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in die engere Auswahl


Explanation:
Im Rahmen der detaillierten Blindbewertung wurden 4 502 Käsesorten in die engere Auswahl von 100 genommen.

"To whittle" means to reduce in size by stages; such as creating objects in wood like knives, spoons and forks by constantly chipping and shaving away until the desired shape is attained. Here it means to eliminate through a continued process of quality/suitability assessment.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2023-10-23 07:53:58 GMT)
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Die Idee ist wie folgt:
Von 4.502 Käsesorten/-spezialitäten kamen 100 in die engere Auswahl, von denen wiederum 16 den Einzug ins Finale schafften.

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Danke

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Björn Vrooman: Rein grammatikalisch, ohne ersten Satzteil, der sowieso extra angefragt wurde: Von 4.502 Käsesorten/-spezialitäten kamen 100 in die engere Auswahl, von denen wiederum 16 den Einzug ins Finale schafften.
57 mins
  -> Danke, mein Herr!

agree  Moritz von Freyhold:
20 hrs
  -> Vielen Dank Moritz;

agree  Steffen Walter: mit Björns Variante
1 day 1 hr
  -> Yes Steffen, me too;Thanks!

agree  Thomas Pfann: Im Prinzip ja, aber hier vielleicht auch einfach „auswählen“. Denn von den 4502 Käsen (nicht Käsesorten!) kamen 100 nicht nur in die engere Auswahl für das Finale, sondern diese 100 Käse erhielten ja auch die „Super Gold“-Auszeichnung.
1 day 1 hr
  -> Ja eben, aber alle Käsen waren nicht derselben Marke;
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