Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

an den Markt gehen

English translation:

go to market

Added to glossary by Mark Ward
May 22, 2003 16:35
21 yrs ago
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German term

an den Markt gegangen sind

German to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) Business Letter
Auch nach intensiven Einsatz von Herrn XXXXX ist die Anlage nicht in der Lage, die vereinbarten Mengen zu produzieren, so dass unsere grundsaetzliche Kalkulation, mit der wir an den Markt gegangen sind, nicht stimmt, und wir bei der derzeitigen Preisstellung und Produktivitaet erhebliche Verluste einfahren.

Proposed translations

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go/went to market

as in: ...so that the basic calculations which we used to go to market are incorrect

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Note added at 2003-05-22 16:47:29 (GMT)
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you could also substitute \"calculations\" with \"premise\" perhaps?
Peer comment(s):

agree Jeannie Graham
3 mins
agree Maureen Holm, J.D., LL.M. : Hm, here it would be "the figures" we went to market on.
15 mins
agree Pat Jenner (X) : or 'approached investors'
26 mins
neutral heikeb : most (if not all) of the Google hits for "went to market" pun on the little piggie: This little policy went to market; This little Minnesota piggie went to market
1 hr
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 hrs
agree Steffen Walter : basic *assumptions* or figures were incorrect
3 hrs
agree Anglo-German (X) : Ich dachte auch spontan an little piggy.
5 hrs
agree Ron Stelter
10 days
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it went public

it went to the open market
Peer comment(s):

neutral heikeb : this is normally used when a company is turned into a public company, an Aktiengesellschaft
12 mins
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1 hr

enter the market

cf:

Practical Assistance to Enter the Market
[...]Visit The Market And Learn More
[...]Decide How To Enter The Market
The Chamber will go through the options with you, and will be able to list the different options with advantages and disadvantages, decide together on the best approach, with the possible outside expert help, if necessary.

http://www.blcc.co.uk/assistance.html

Using a sequential game analysis, MacaNut determines that its only option
is to enter the market with less than 8% of the market share.
mba.vanderbilt.edu/Mike.Shor/courses/ game-theory/Materials/sample2.doc

Seiko Wristwatch PCs To Enter The Market in Japan.
www.nyls.edu/cmc/bulletins/skosswpc.htm

120,000 hits
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3 hrs

entered the market

as in "the initial calculations with which we entered the market" - to me this sounds more formal than "went" to market.
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22 hrs

reference is to 'calculation', IMO

...to produce, proving our underlying calculation for market penetration to be flawed, which in turn causes us significant losses in view of the current price points and rate of productivity
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