Feb 12, 2015 19:44
9 yrs ago
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English term

colleagues’ house

Non-PRO English to German Social Sciences Other
At first, coffee grounds were collected form coffee shops and colleagues’ houses. When demand grew, more and more coffee grounds were sourced from coffee factories.

Was genau ist ein colleagues’ house?
Proposed translations (German)
3 +11 von Kollegen
Change log

Feb 13, 2015 20:43: Thomas Pfann changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): EK Yokohama, Usch Pilz, Thomas Pfann

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Discussion

British Diana Feb 15, 2015:
college houses? Without any context, it is difficult to tell. But a house belonging to a college would provide quite an amount of coffee grounds. Asker, please consider this possibility.

Proposed translations

+11
12 mins
English term (edited): from colleagues’ houses
Selected

von Kollegen

Das würde ich hier ganz wörtlich verstehen: Anfangs hat man den Kaffeesatz von Cafés und Kollegen bekommen, später musste man das Ganze dann aufgrund der steigenden Nachfrage etwas professioneller aufziehen und andere Quellen auftun.
Peer comment(s):

agree Benjamin Schmitt
35 mins
agree Marion Hallouet
42 mins
agree Linguaphil : klar, die Kollegen haben ja die Kaffeedose zu Hause :-)
56 mins
agree Katja Schoone
1 hr
agree Danik 2014
1 hr
agree Clare Bentley
2 hrs
agree Michaela Bittner
6 hrs
agree Peter Keegan
13 hrs
agree EK Yokohama
15 hrs
agree Nicole Göbel
20 hrs
agree Gudrun Wolfrath
22 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "danke"
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