crank out

Danish translation: levere/få has på

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English term or phrase:crank out
Danish translation:levere/få has på
Entered by: Barbara Østergaard

20:12 Aug 27, 2006
English to Danish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: crank out
Some people will work nonstop to crank out a project.

Ikke en gang de engelsk-engelske vil kendes ved den... :-) Er der mon nogle af jer, der ved, hvad der ligger i det? Pft.
Barbara Østergaard
Denmark
Local time: 03:47
levere
Explanation:
men der er også noget lidt nedsættende i det som ikke kommer
med på denne måde a la at kværne eller køre løs

crank out something
to produce something continually, like a machine. He regularly cranks out one movie a year and hasn't shown any signs of slowing down
Selected response from:

Marianne Sorensen
Denmark
Local time: 03:47
Grading comment
Flere gode forslag, men jeg faldt for Mariannes. Tak for hjælpen!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5hurtigt at generere/skabe/udarbejde
lone (X)
3 +2Få færdigt
Randi Stenstrop
4levere
Marianne Sorensen
3 +1få has på
Jeanette Brammer


  

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hurtigt at generere/skabe/udarbejde


Explanation:
crank out
To produce, especially mechanically and rapidly: cranks out memo after memo. crank up



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lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 21:47
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 12
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Få færdigt


Explanation:
Jeg har fundet:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/crank out
crank out - produce in a routine or monotonous manner; "We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding"
- men det er jo nok ikke helt meningen her. Flere Google hits tyder på, at den nedsættende betydning er ved at forsvinde.



Randi Stenstrop
Local time: 03:47
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Øyvind Strøm
11 hrs

agree  Daniella Dukes (X)
2 days 6 mins
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
levere


Explanation:
men der er også noget lidt nedsættende i det som ikke kommer
med på denne måde a la at kværne eller køre løs

crank out something
to produce something continually, like a machine. He regularly cranks out one movie a year and hasn't shown any signs of slowing down

Marianne Sorensen
Denmark
Local time: 03:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Flere gode forslag, men jeg faldt for Mariannes. Tak for hjælpen!
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
få has på


Explanation:
et forslag


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/crank+out
Jeanette Brammer
Local time: 03:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X): selvfølgelig. "Crank out" er slang, derfor er dit svar det bedste.
2 days 4 mins
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