nachhaltig in Anschaffung und Betrieb

English translation: ticks the sustainability box [in terms of price and performance]

08:03 Feb 10, 2023
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
German term or phrase: nachhaltig in Anschaffung und Betrieb
ist eine robuste, einfache und allen Anforderungen entsprechende Maschine. Dementsprechend langlebig und somit nachhaltig ist sie in Anschaffung und Betrieb:

durable and thus sustainable in purchase and operation??

Folder a company selling used and new dressing machines.

THANKS A LOT!
martina1974
Austria
Local time: 00:08
English translation:ticks the sustainability box [in terms of price and performance]
Explanation:
Over a 1000 examples here
https://www.google.com/search?q="ticks the sustainability bo...

... has a long service life and therefore ticks the sustainability box in terms of purchase price and performance

1) It's a marketing text that calls for slick marketing language
2) 'Sustainable' collates with manufacturing/future/goals etc. However, a "sustainable machine" is a machine that can be sustained, which makes no sense in English.
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:08
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5ticks the sustainability box [in terms of price and performance]
Lancashireman
4 +1durable and thereby sustainable in terms of purchase/procurement and operation/performance
Johannes Gleim
4sustainability specifications required for purchasing and operation
Keith Wangle
3with a sustainable procurement and operating / operational profile
Adrian MM.


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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sustainability specifications required for purchasing and operation


Explanation:
Since it's marketing, it can be rewritten to an English phrase that contains the main ideas - long service life, sustainability, purchasing and operation. I would suggest: It therefore meets the service life and sustainability specifications required for purchasing and operation.

Keith Wangle
Czech Republic
Local time: 00:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot, Keith, that sounds great: I'm gonna rephrase the two sentences like that: The XX is a robust, simple machine that complies with all requirements. It therefore meets the service life and sustainability specifications required for purchasing and operation.

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
durable and thereby sustainable in terms of purchase/procurement and operation/performance


Explanation:
durable product | langlebiges Erzeugnis
long-lasting Adj. | langlebig
consumer durables Pl. [KOMM.] | langlebige Gebrauchsgüter
consumer durable goods Pl. [KOMM.] | langlebige Gebrauchsgüter
durable consumer goods Pl. [KOMM.] | langlebige Gebrauchsgüter
durable goods Pl. [KOMM.] | langlebige Gebrauchsgüter
durable goods [KOMM.] | langlebige Güter
https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/langlebig

sustainable Adj. | nachhaltig
operated in a sustainable manner [KOMM.][UMWELT] | nachhaltig betrieben
sustainable agriculture | nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
sustained growth | nachhaltiges Wachstum
https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/nachhaltig

‘Wood is one of the most sustainable materials to use for furniture and is a popular choice amongst homeowners,’ adds Kelly Collins. … It’s durable and can last a very long time. It can be reused and recycled easily.’
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Another marker of durable (and thereby sustainable) furniture is a guarantee: ‘Many premium quality, well-built items with quality workmanship will be offered with longer guarantees than the standard we come to expect online,’ Sadler points out.
https://www.livingetc.com/ideas/how-to-buy-furniture-sustain...

What makes the building usable and durable and thereby sustainable is the indoor climate, the indoor environment, the outdoor environment, the daylight, the architectural design, the social relations, the energy flow and functionality.
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ungc-production/attachmen...

This is one of the reasons why properly installed gravel-surfaced BURs have proven to be so durable and thereby sustainable.

Wood. This material is the strongest and sturdiest among this list. Wooden desks are highly durable and, thereby, long-lasting.
https://techeye.net/best-gaming-desks/

Hence, it is durable and thereby sustainable in terms of purchase/procurement and operation/performance:

Johannes Gleim
Local time: 00:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 410

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Zorra Renard: Don't understand why you put in ' thereby'; the two concepts of sustainability and durability are not necessarily linked.
5 hrs
  -> They are acc. the writer. Please read the context: "langlebig und somit nachhaltig", i.e. therefore/thereby/hence.

agree  Nancy Kutzne (X)
5 days
  -> Thank you!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
with a sustainable procurement and operating / operational profile


Explanation:
... with a long-life and, hence / ergo, (with) a ...

Inserting the word 'profile' ought to do the trick.

Not strictly a mechanical engineering query, more of a stylistic conundrum.

BTW, a relative of mine at the TU / technische Universität in Vienna taught Betriebsforschung : (BrE) operational research (AmE) operations research in both German & English.

Example sentence(s):
  • What is your sustainable purchasing profile? Is there a global sustainability policy in your company? How does it influence the procurement policy?
  • The operational profile is a quantitative characterization of how a system will be used that shows how to increase productivity and reliability and speed development by allocating development resources to function on the basis of use.

    Reference: http://www.thematchainitiative.com/resources/fundamentals/ho...
    Reference: http://www.ge.com/digital/documentation/meridium/Help/V43050...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Zorra Renard: 'Anschaffung' = ' acquisition', 'VERschaffung' = ' procurement';
2 days 22 hrs
  -> No, alter ego of Oliver T./Andrew B. with German. Verschaffung is obtaining or securing, often deviously vs. *Beschaffung*, of a pecuniary benefit or advantage -> 'Gewerbsmäßigkeit iSd § 38 FinStrG und die Verschaffung eines abgabenrechtlichen Vorteils'.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
nachhaltig [in Anschaffung und Betrieb]
ticks the sustainability box [in terms of price and performance]


Explanation:
Over a 1000 examples here
https://www.google.com/search?q="ticks the sustainability bo...

... has a long service life and therefore ticks the sustainability box in terms of purchase price and performance

1) It's a marketing text that calls for slick marketing language
2) 'Sustainable' collates with manufacturing/future/goals etc. However, a "sustainable machine" is a machine that can be sustained, which makes no sense in English.

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 217
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger
1 hr

agree  Steffen Walter
3 hrs

agree  Zorra Renard: very idiomatic!
3 hrs

agree  writeaway
11 hrs

agree  Schtroumpf: Nice one
2 days 8 hrs
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