Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Mar 11, 2004 13:25
20 yrs ago
Danish term
United Kingdom
Taught MA translation at Uni of Surrey
Native in: English 
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
inden for...fra
Danish to English
Other
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
ticket machines, public transport
Example of sentence: En komplet check-ind transaktion, inklusiv en automatisk genopladning, skal kunne afvikles inden for xx msek fra kortet foeres ind i laesefeltet og til transaktionen er afsluttet....
This concerns public transport ticket machines, and I'm not sure about the way 'inden for' is used. Does it mean 'up to'[within] the amount of ..., and is that referring to the amount of money left on the travel card?
Any advice appreciated!
Thanks,
Helen
This concerns public transport ticket machines, and I'm not sure about the way 'inden for' is used. Does it mean 'up to'[within] the amount of ..., and is that referring to the amount of money left on the travel card?
Any advice appreciated!
Thanks,
Helen
Proposed translations
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| 4 +5 | within |
Pernille Chapman
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| 4 | within...from |
Hanne Nilhage
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Pernille Chapman
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You're right about the term, but it refers to the timespan (msek is an abbreviation for msekunder - I'm not sure what the "m" stands for, but it could be milli).
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
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Hanne Nilhage
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Works in: German to Danish, English to Danish, Swedish to Danish, and 5 more.
within...from
Unless I'm very much mistaken, "inden for" refers to a period of time in this sentence.
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