seiner Arbeit nachgehen - What is the English translation? English translators help software/IT English translators with the translation of seiner Arbeit nachgehen

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216 months ago

hgk (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Software / IT
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	seiner Arbeit nachgehen
Context:	Das PDF-Programm geht seiner Arbeit nach

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216 months ago

wrote:

The PDF program does the job

My comment:

"Geht seiner Arbeit nach" ist Umgangssprache.

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216 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

here: fuctions (properly)

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216 months ago

Rupert Kindermann wrote:

The PDF program does what it is supposed to do

My comment:

I believe this is the concept / though I have limited context. Could also be (assuming slightly different context) - "Now, the PDF program works."

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216 months ago

enusu wrote:

performs (or does) its work / goes about its work

My comment:

If it was a person the best translation would be "to go about one's work (here: "goes about his work"), but since it is a program I would rather go for "performs (or does) its work".

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216 months ago

wrote:

I agree. "The PDF program performs its work."

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