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anknüpfen

English translation: follow up on

01:42 Apr 13, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
German term or phrase: anknüpfen
Das kräftige Weltwirtschaftswachstum schwächt sich im ersten Halbjahr 2007 leicht ab, sollte aber bereits in der zweiten Jahreshälfte wieder an Fahrt gewinnen, um dann im Verlaufe des Jahres 2008 an die im letzten Jahr erreichten hohen Zuwachsraten anknüpfen zu können.
Kathryn McFarland
English translation:follow up on
Explanation:
'Anküpfen' here means something along the lines of to continue where they left off or to follow up on their previous success.
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Lars Helbig
Germany
Local time: 21:04
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3follow up on
Lars Helbig
4to build (further) upon
casper (X)
4catch up with
David Moore (X)
3match/keep pace with
CMJ_Trans (X)


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
follow up on


Explanation:
'Anküpfen' here means something along the lines of to continue where they left off or to follow up on their previous success.

Lars Helbig
Germany
Local time: 21:04
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Camilla Seifert: yes as in "go on from" "continue" etc.
2 hrs
agree  Damian Harrison (X)
7 hrs
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
12 hrs
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to build (further) upon


Explanation:
...in the asker's context

casper (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
match/keep pace with


Explanation:
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CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 21:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
catch up with


Explanation:
This is a rather figurative meaning of "anknüpfen", I think, and possibly this might suit your text.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 21:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 42
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