English translation of "nach Gefühl" - "according to discretion"

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232 months ago

Ludger Tolksdorf (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	nach Gefühl
Context:	Dosieren von Spülmittel nach
Keywords:	-

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232 months ago

wrote:

according to discretion

My comment:

"Dosage by discretion as opposed to according to instructions."

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232 months ago

wrote:

by personal taste

My comment:

Dose the dishwashing detergent by personal taste rather than according to usage instructions

232 months ago

wrote:

according to taste

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232 months ago

wrote:

This is used for recipes only, meaning 'add as much of [ingredient] as tastes good to you'. In this context it seems to imply that you are going to eat (taste) the dishwashing powder!

232 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

Rather than acc. to the instructions, dose the (dishwashing) detergent individually (to your personal needs).

232 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

Eyeball the dosage...

My comment:

To eyeball the dosage of dishwashing detergent rather than following the description.

232 months ago

Nicola Devlin wrote:

Dosage of ???? as your think fit rather than according to the instructions

My comment: