Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

es wird geraten

English translation:

we advise

Added to glossary by Joanne Parker
Nov 21, 2006 11:40
17 yrs ago
German term

es wird geraten

German to English Tech/Engineering Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
I'm not entirely sure what the following sentence means, or more specifically, the first part of the sentence: "Es wird dabei geraten, die Stanzung in der Papierverarbeitung vorzunehmen, da mit dieser Möglichkeit Störungen minimiert werden konnten."

The context is a company newsletter for a printing company. This particular sentence is taken from an article discussing new paper products. Here's the general paragraph:

In den Standorten waren beide Papiere problemlos zu verarbeiten. Das erste Papier hat eine rauere Oberfläche, d.h. es muss mehr Farbe eingesetzt werden. Die zweite Papiersorte dagegen hat eine glattere Oberfläche und führt zu mehr Einstellarbeiten. Beide Einschränkungen sind aber nicht produktionsrelevant. Beide Papiere wurden also mit in die Produktpalette von XYZ aufgenommen. Es wird dabei geraten, die Stanzung in der Papierverarbeitung vorzunehmen, da mit dieser Möglichkeit Störungen minimiert werden konnten.

I've seen one instance of geraten being used as "advisable", so are they saying it's best to do the die cutting when the paper is processed to minimize problems?

Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 we advise
4 +4 it is recommended
4 +1 advisable
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Mar 10, 2019 17:15: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Tech/Engineering"

Discussion

CMJ_Trans (X) Nov 21, 2006:
you are right it is recommended therefore that you....
it is advisable that you should.....

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Proposed translations

+3
4 mins
Selected

we advise

In this context your assumption is correct: we advise to do said action.
Peer comment(s):

agree Francis Lee (X) : or: users (whatever) are advised to ...
2 mins
agree Thomas Bollmann
33 mins
agree Stephen Roche : better active than passive
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for confirming my thoughts."
+1
3 mins

advisable

Yes, I think you're right
Peer comment(s):

agree David Moore (X)
1 hr
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+4
5 mins

it is recommended

You understood the sentence correct, they recommend or advise to make the die cutting part of the processing of the paper and not beforehand which could cause some problems.
Peer comment(s):

agree Ingeborg Gowans (X)
10 mins
Danke, Ingeborg.
agree BrigitteHilgner : My spontaneous idea was "we recommend ...".
22 mins
Also a possibility, danke, Brigitte.
agree Madeleine van Zanten : exactly
34 mins
Thanks.
agree DDM
1 hr
Danke, Daniel.
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