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in die engere Wahl kommen

English translation: to be shortlisted

08:48 May 3, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
German term or phrase: in die engere Wahl kommen
Will man auf ... bauen, kann der vorliegende Fonds in die engere Wahl kommen.
stephkg (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:37
English translation:to be shortlisted
Explanation:
standard terminology
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Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 04:37
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8to be shortlisted
Stephen Sadie
4get onto the short list
Reinhold Wehrmann
3are worth considering more closely
Armorel Young


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
get onto the short list


Explanation:
With the very little context, I assume that this refers to a selection process and not an election process.

Reinhold Wehrmann
South Africa
Local time: 04:37
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
to be shortlisted


Explanation:
standard terminology

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 04:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalia Hess
1 min
  -> thanks natalia
agree  Rolf Keiser
6 mins
  -> thanks goldcoaster
agree  Nicole Backhaus: ttp://books.google.de/books?id=6o__uJNlJOEC&pg=PA294&lpg=PA294&dq=shortlisted+fonds&source=bl&ots=3qRtFiEyVH&sig=qR4xucTEPmdNb7k1opypujoEXeI&hl=de&ei=4JDeS4vKL4n6ObTIyMQH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=shortlisted fonds
10 mins
  -> aha, thanks for backing this up with a reference
agree  NickWatson
26 mins
  -> thanks nick
agree  casper (X)
36 mins
  -> thanks jennifer
agree  CArcher
9 hrs
agree  Jutta Scherer: first thing that comes to mind
21 hrs
agree  Reinhold Wehrmann: I bow to the superior knowledge of my learned friend!
1 day 1 hr
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
are worth considering more closely


Explanation:
Nothing wrong with "short list" - just a possible alternative.

Armorel Young
Local time: 03:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 134
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