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172 months ago

Marion Treche  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

English > German

Subject:

Software / IT

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

switching metric for imperial measurements

Context:

Adapting a UK site to the US market includes switching metric for imperial measurements

Keywords:

Localisation

 

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172 months ago

Charles Warcup  See profile wrote:

... erfordert den Wechsel vom metrischen System in US-amerikanische Einheiten.

My comment:

The source is odd and easily misinterpreted, I think. The term "imperial measurements" has probably been used (wrongly) as a general term for anything that isn't metric, e.g. US American measurements. So the sense is: The website must be adapted FROM metric TO non-metric. The metric system has now been widely adopted in the UK. The American non-metric system is similar, but certainly not identical to the imperial system, see Wikipedia.

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172 months ago

Oigen  See profile wrote:

... erfordert den Wechsel vom englischen Maßsystem in das metrische.

My comment:

Allerdings sind die USA meines Wissens nicht sehr metrisch!