Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
abrufen
English translation:
also (always) do our best
German term
abrufen
Ob Neubau oder Umbau von Wohnhäusern aller Art, wir rufen auch hier immer wieder unsere optimale Leistung ab.
| 3 +5 | [...], we also (or: "always") do our best. |
Derek Gill Franßen
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| 3 +1 | put in performance |
Michael Sieger
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| 3 -1 | revert to |
Rolf Keiser
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Sep 23, 2009 08:55: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Marketing" , "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "Construction / Civil Engineering"
Feb 24, 2010 13:32: Ulrike Kraemer changed "Field (specific)" from "Construction / Civil Engineering" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Proposed translations
Germany
German Attorney & University Lecturer
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, English to German, and 1 more.
[...], we also (or: "always") do our best.
| Yes, I also thought that it's a weird question. Thank you. |
| Sorry sentence of course. |
United Kingdom
Legal Translations
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English, German, and 3 more.
put in performance
we put in our optimum performance
| agree |
Lingua.Franca
: you beat me to it . . .
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Danke :)
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Derek Gill Franßen
: I don't want to disagree, because it just might be a US/UK thing (and because I also offered a suggestion), but this doesn't really sound natural to me.
12 mins
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dkfmmuc
: @Derek Gill Franßen: This may sound not natural but it is in the last years a more and more common phrase especially in sports. Often athletes and their trainers speak about that they only have to retrieve their usual level of performance to have success.
57 mins
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Wendy Lewin
: doesn't hit the right note - too formal
1 hr
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Switzerland
Translate complexity through simplicity
Native in: English (Variants: British, US) , German (Variants: Swiss, Germany)
Works in: German to English, English to German, English, and 1 more.
revert to
revert to our outstanding performance capability
| agree |
dkfmmuc
: Just want to agree (see above in the other part of the discussion). "Retrieve" or "repeat" ...
20 mins
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Danke, dkfmmuc
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gangels (X)
: That's 'labored' English, if any
2 hrs
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| disagree |
Kim Metzger
: So they normally don't provide outstanding performance? revert to: to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition
4 hrs
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