Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
entfielen
English translation:
accounted for
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Ingrid Blank
Sep 29, 2004 09:53
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entfielen
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Wie der ADAC in München mitteilte, entfielen im diesjährigen Reisesommer erneut rund 60 Prozent der Riesenstaus ab 40 Kilometer Länge auf die Samstage.
What does the sentence mean here? Did the enormous traffic jam on Saturday disappear by about 60% that year?
Thank you very much in advance!
What does the sentence mean here? Did the enormous traffic jam on Saturday disappear by about 60% that year?
Thank you very much in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | Saturdays accounted for 60% of all traffic jams |
Ingrid Blank
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| 4 +5 | another one for the collection: |
Nicole Tata
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| 5 +2 | s.u. |
Monika Leit
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| 4 +1 | explanation |
Katrin Lueke
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| 4 | perhaps |
gangels (X)
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Proposed translations
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Saturdays accounted for 60% of all traffic jams
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Monika Leit
Native in German
Specializes in field
12 years in finance & accounting
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 1 more.
s.u.
60% of the enormous traffic jams took place on Saturdays.
Peer comment(s):
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shineda
: that says it
23 mins
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| agree |
Tamara Ferencak
29 mins
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| neutral |
Robin Ward
: We don't really say that a traffic jam "takes place" in English - it's more like "occurred".-
10 hrs
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31 mins
Nicole Tata
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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English
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Native in: English , German
Works in: English to German, German to English
another one for the collection:
According to the ADAC, around 60% of the longest traffic jams (over 40 km) during this year’s summer holiday traffic again occured on Saturdays.
hope it helps ;-)
hope it helps ;-)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
writeaway
: sounds the most idiomatic
21 mins
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| agree |
CMJ_Trans (X)
: OCCURRED - was my idea also
45 mins
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| agree |
Robin Ward
: - occu*rr*ed of course -
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whoops, yes of course
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Sabine Griebler
1 hr
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| agree |
Mario Marcolin
11 hrs
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29 mins
explanation
60% of the enormous traffic jams (which means traffic jams that are longer than 40 km) were on Saturdays.
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Note added at 33 mins (2004-09-29 10:27:29 GMT)
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\"entfallen ... auf\" : to be allotted to somebody/something
to be apportioned to somebody/something
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Note added at 33 mins (2004-09-29 10:27:29 GMT)
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\"entfallen ... auf\" : to be allotted to somebody/something
to be apportioned to somebody/something
1 hr
perhaps
As was reported by the ADAC, roughly 60% of large-scale backups stretching 40 km or more during this year's travel season occurred on Saturdays
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