versorgen

English translation: put away, put where they are kept

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German term or phrase:versorgen
English translation:put away, put where they are kept
Entered by: Sven Petersson

12:16 Dec 17, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments
German term or phrase: versorgen
Out of context word sequence:
"alle kontaminierten Instrumente und Werkzeuge desinfizieren, spülen, ggf. sterilisieren, versorgen"
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 17:54
put away, put where they are kept
Explanation:
ich denke versorgen ist hier als süddeutsche Variante von wegräumen zu verstehen.
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AnjaR
Germany
Local time: 17:54
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1prepare as needed
Patrick Yancey
4dispose of
Nicole Schnell
4keep in a safe place
Muhib Natah
3take care of.(.here)
muitoprazer (X)
3put away, put where they are kept
AnjaR


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
prepare as needed


Explanation:
"versorgen" being used in the vague sense here. 'prepare', 'prepare as needed', 'prepare as required' seems the closest way to express this in English.

Patrick Yancey
Canada
Local time: 12:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Brie Vernier: this sounds most logical to me
1 hr
  -> danke Brie!
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dispose of


Explanation:
It's the "gegebenenfalls", that caught my attention:

sterilize (first, to avoid creating hazardous waste), then discard.

There was a KudoZ discussion recently about "Versorgung einer Leiche" or similar...



Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 08:54
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Steffen Walter: But that would be *ent*sorgen IMHO (could well be meant here, though).
5 mins
  -> Good point, but why "gegebenfalls"? Thanks for input! I am absolutely curious about further input. The discussion I mentioned was about "Versorgung einer Leiche", euphemism for "Entsorgung"...
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
keep in a safe place


Explanation:
I'd say here that the writer meant to give as an alternative the possibility of keeping them out of reach due to their contamination. This can be deducted from the the prior term " sterilising".

Muhib Natah
Libya
Local time: 17:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
take care of.(.here)


Explanation:
seems curious choice of word.should be entsorgen if to dispose of so i make very general suggestion.

muitoprazer (X)
Local time: 16:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
put away, put where they are kept


Explanation:
ich denke versorgen ist hier als süddeutsche Variante von wegräumen zu verstehen.

AnjaR
Germany
Local time: 17:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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