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arbeitskritisch

English translation: (process-)critical

12:56 May 7, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space / Maintenance
German term or phrase: arbeitskritisch
Context:

"An die Wartung von arbeitskritischen Maschinen werden besondere Anforderungen gestellt."

I'm a bit unsure of what precisely arbeitskritisch refers to. Does it simply mean that these machines are critical for the production process to run smoothly. I rather suspect that the lone result in linguee "Arbeitskritische Temperaturen über 26 Grad Celsius"/"Temperatures above 26 degrees Celsius which are difficult to work under"
(source: flugfeld.info) is misleading or simply not applicable here, even though it is also used in an aerospace context.

* Sentence or paragraph where the term occurs: See above
* Document type: Specifications for an RFQ for a maintenance contract
* Target audience: Aerospace contractors
* Country and dialect (source): German
* Country and dialect (target): American English
David Williams
Germany
Local time: 15:44
English translation:(process-)critical
Explanation:
Your suggestion is correct, although a fault could also prevent the process from running at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condition_monitoring
Critical machinery - Machines that are vital to the plant or process and without which the plant or process cannot function. Machines in this category include the steam or gas turbines in a power plant, crude oil export pumps on an oil rig or the cracker in an oil refinery.

http://www.fis-services.com/gen/en/newsletter/46/FIS_Newslet...
Process-critical machines are checked on failures weekly and less critical monthly.

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Note added at 4 days (2012-05-12 05:58:34 GMT)
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Hello David, sorry to take so long to come back to you. The context you provided in your question led me to include the process as I understood them to be critical to the production process. If this is not the case, to what Arbeit does it refer? Perhaps operations-critical would be a suitable solution if you are not happy using critical on its own.
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Sarah Bessioud
Germany
Local time: 15:44
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3(process-)critical
Sarah Bessioud
5 +1systems-critical
Marcus Malabad
3 +1critically important (machinery)
Michael Martin, MA
4Critical machinery
Salih YILDIRIM


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
critically important (machinery)


Explanation:
not sure that a mention of work processes is necessary here. I would tend to think that's already assumed.

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 09:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Streitparth
6 mins
  -> Thanks, Wendy
neutral  philgoddard: This is a tautology, and Jeux de Mots has already said that "process" may not be necessary.
49 mins
  -> Got it. Thanks much
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
systems-critical


Explanation:
This is the accepted term in aviation (and engineering in genera)

Marcus Malabad
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TagalogTagalog
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: While I am sure "systems-critical" is an accepted and standard term both in aviation and engineering in general, IS it actually what is meant here by 'arbeitskritisch'?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: Hi Marcus. Sounds a bit more relevant to IT, but if you say this is "the accepted term" and post with CL5, that's good enough for me.
8 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Critical machinery


Explanation:
The word Critic/al usad as the adjective modifier may mean based on text it is used in: criticak operating temparature, critical part/assembly namdely "must" Essential, asolutely required material or condition etc.

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 09:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lancashireman: Humiliating for the operator. Machines should appreciate human input.
4 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
(process-)critical


Explanation:
Your suggestion is correct, although a fault could also prevent the process from running at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condition_monitoring
Critical machinery - Machines that are vital to the plant or process and without which the plant or process cannot function. Machines in this category include the steam or gas turbines in a power plant, crude oil export pumps on an oil rig or the cracker in an oil refinery.

http://www.fis-services.com/gen/en/newsletter/46/FIS_Newslet...
Process-critical machines are checked on failures weekly and less critical monthly.

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Note added at 4 days (2012-05-12 05:58:34 GMT)
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Hello David, sorry to take so long to come back to you. The context you provided in your question led me to include the process as I understood them to be critical to the production process. If this is not the case, to what Arbeit does it refer? Perhaps operations-critical would be a suitable solution if you are not happy using critical on its own.

Sarah Bessioud
Germany
Local time: 15:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! But wouldn't there be at least a subtle difference beteeen arbeitskritisch and prozesskritisch?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
7 mins
  -> Thanks phil
agree  Andreas Hild
2 hrs
  -> Thank you andyhd
agree  Johannes Gleim: I understand the given context as it may refer to process rather than to environmental conditions
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Johannes
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