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184 months ago

K. B. (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

German > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

Vormaterial

Context:

Beschaffung von Vormaterial, Logistik

 

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184 months ago

  See profile wrote:

preliminary details

My comment:

Since the source is rather general and can mean many things, do is my suggested translation

184 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de  See profile wrote:

(Accquisition/Procurement of) basic material

My comment:

W/o further info
this term can mean anything...
MAYBE raw or semi-finished...
More context or clarification needed.

184 months ago

tigkit  See profile wrote:

Procurement of starting materials/raw materials

My comment:

I actually prefer starting materials but it would depend on the overall context.

My references:

See:
http://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?sourceoverride=none&source=auto&query=Vormaterial

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184 months ago

Rupert Kindermann  See profile wrote:

semi-finished products

My comment:

That's both a technical and commercially used term.

The link below gives you plenty of choices.

My references:

http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed§Hdr=on&spellToler=&search=Vormaterial