Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
punktgenau
English translation:
pinpoint precision; pinpoint accuracy
Added to glossary by
Joy Christensen
Aug 15, 2003 03:10
20 yrs ago
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German term
native USA - 30 yrs D'land - 17 yrs DK
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: English, Danish to English, German to English, and 2 more.
punktgenau
German to English
Bus/Financial
Management
quality assurance
Seit ca. 80 Jahren werden Regelkarten ... weltweit eingesetzt, um komplexe Abläufe nach Zielvorgabe punktgenau zu regeln.
For about the last 80 years Q control charts have been ... worldwide to coordinate the complex procedures of target-oriented operations with dot precision.
Is this the proper use of the term "dot precision"? Thanks for any advice for possible improvement of the translated sentence!
For about the last 80 years Q control charts have been ... worldwide to coordinate the complex procedures of target-oriented operations with dot precision.
Is this the proper use of the term "dot precision"? Thanks for any advice for possible improvement of the translated sentence!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | pinpoint precision; pinpoint accuracy |
Rowan Morrell
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| 4 +4 | precisely |
Ellen Zittinger
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Proposed translations
+6
1 hr
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in English
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
pinpoint precision; pinpoint accuracy
I would go with "pinpoint" for the "punkt" part of the word. "Dot" sounds strange in this context.
As for the sentence overall, I'd say something like: "For the last (or past) 80 years or so, quality control charts have been used throughout the world to regulate complex procedures with pinpoint accuracy/precision according to target specifications".
Don't know if that's entirely perfect, but hope it's of some help! But one thing I am sure about - don't say dot here! Pinpoint works pretty well though.
As for the sentence overall, I'd say something like: "For the last (or past) 80 years or so, quality control charts have been used throughout the world to regulate complex procedures with pinpoint accuracy/precision according to target specifications".
Don't know if that's entirely perfect, but hope it's of some help! But one thing I am sure about - don't say dot here! Pinpoint works pretty well though.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I agree with Willmatter, this is very fine wording! The term "dot precision" came from a Kudoz glossary, btw. Maybe, but pinpoint is far better. "
+4
2 hrs
Ellen Zittinger
Native in German
&
English
Educator/Realtor/Securities Rep/Agent
Native in: English , German
Works in: English to German, German to English
precisely
correctly and accurately
Peer comment(s):
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Will Matter
: also good, can be used if JSC doesn't need a word-for-word translation, usable.
30 mins
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thanks
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vafo
1 hr
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thank you too
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elzosim
12 hrs
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writeaway
: is closer to the German which isn't a noun either
13 hrs
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thank you to you and all!
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