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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Portion

English translation:

volume of food portions

Added to glossary by Ingrid Blank
Feb 18, 2004 08:22
20 yrs ago
German term

Portion

German to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
gesucht wird die Kapazität an (Essen-)Portionen in einem Großraumrestaurant (Studie)

Proposed translations

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volume of food portions

Ich glaube nicht, dass es hier um die Größe der Essensportionen geht, sondern wieviel ein Großrestaurant verarbeiten kann.
Peer comment(s):

agree Koral Özgül
5 days
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "ich denke auch, dass das so gemeint war."
+7
1 min

serving

I would say "servings" here.
Peer comment(s):

agree jerrie : or serving portions?
2 mins
agree Edith Kelly
5 mins
agree Sannie
56 mins
agree Ingo Dierkschnieder : servings
59 mins
In the plural, yes, but the question is "Portion"
agree Mario Marcolin
4 hrs
agree vafo
12 hrs
agree Brandis (X)
2 days 15 mins
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5 mins

serving sizes

another option
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5 hrs

portion

Just "portion"! lol :) The only difference is how it sounds... 'portsioon' (ger) versus 'porshin' (try to have read these by your text-to-speech interface, if applicable).
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