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überdacht

English translation: intelligent

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German term or phrase:überdacht
English translation:intelligent
Entered by: Steffen Walter

22:26 Nov 9, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Engineering: Industrial
German term or phrase: überdacht
In Österreich allein wird mit der Expertise von ... an verbesserten spanabhebenden Verfahren, neuen Werkzeugen, **überdachten** Maschinenkonzepten und neuen Materialverfahren gearbeitet.

I feel particularly dense tonight, can't figure out what is meant by that...
Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 08:44
intelligent (here)
Explanation:
These days people talk about intelligent concepts and solutions.

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Paul Cohen
Greenland
Local time: 11:44
Grading comment
Sounds good. Thanks, Paul, and all other contributors for good solutions.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8intelligent (here)
Paul Cohen
4 +2(well) thought-out
swisstell
3 +1sophisticated
Nicole Schnell
3ingenious
Steffen Walter


  

Answers


26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(well) thought-out


Explanation:
with the meaning of ausgeklügelt, durchdacht, wohlüberlegt and having nothing to do with "covering a roof" as one might at first glance think..........

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nicole Schnell
16 mins
  -> thank you, Nicole
agree  Michael Harris
1 hr
  -> thanks, Michael
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sophisticated


Explanation:
Just an alternative.

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 05:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): "sophisticated" fits perfectly here, IMO
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Harald! :-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
intelligent (here)


Explanation:
These days people talk about intelligent concepts and solutions.



Paul Cohen
Greenland
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Sounds good. Thanks, Paul, and all other contributors for good solutions.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: Smart suggestion
40 mins
agree  Kim Metzger
2 hrs
agree  Ulrike Kraemer
7 hrs
agree  writeaway: P-erfect
8 hrs
agree  Ventnai
9 hrs
agree  Nandini Vivek
9 hrs
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
12 hrs
agree  Textklick
22 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ingenious


Explanation:
Although I fully agree with "intelligent", too, I thought I'd throw this in for the sake of variety :-)

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 150

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Textklick: A bit 'OTT'?
14 hrs
  -> Yes, perhaps, but I also thought of "ingeniously designed machinery".
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