Rauskommen

English translation: what was the result/how did it turn out

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German term or phrase:Rauskommen
English translation:what was the result/how did it turn out
Entered by: Hakki Ucar

08:18 Feb 7, 2017
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
German term or phrase: Rauskommen
Was ist dabei rauskommen? According to translator "What has come of it" but I did not understand.
Was ist rauskommen ? Kann ich "was is los" sagen ?
Hakki Ucar
Türkiye
Local time: 21:12
what was the result/how did it turn out
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Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 20:12
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thx
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6what was the result/how did it turn out
Ramey Rieger (X)
4(So) what did we accomplish?
Michael Martin, MA


Discussion entries: 7





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
what was the result/how did it turn out


Explanation:
Given the ...context

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 20:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 116
Grading comment
thx

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Björn Vrooman: Thanks and happy translating. Hope you're doing fine too.
4 mins
  -> I'm always great I'm working!

agree  Jack Doughty
6 mins
  -> Mercí

agree  MrsSuperfly (X)
28 mins
  -> thanks, Sarah

agree  writeaway: hard to trump this answer!/yeah, the word rausschmeißen comes to mind.../who knows how things will rauskommen
50 mins
  -> If only the world was so easy to solve.//don't get me started!

agree  phillee
4 hrs
  -> what a turnout!

agree  lisa23
4 hrs
  -> for sure
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(So) what did we accomplish?


Explanation:
Or 'they' or any other subject, depending on your context. Most natural way of saying this in English, in my opinion. Compare below:

"After nearly two months of having completed our project, one question remains lingering in our minds: “What did we accomplish?” http://nourishinternational.com/what-did-we-accomplish/

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Note added at 1 day11 hrs (2017-02-08 19:37:15 GMT)
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I agree that my solution doesn’t fit all contexts and that’s intended as “dabei herausgekommen” is a highly context-driven phrase. My philosophy is to always make up my mind what specific context to use (even if asker doesn’t elaborate) as I don’t want to wind up with solutions that sound like dictionary entries: broad enough to cover everything but too clumsy for specific contexts.

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 14:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 98

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Björn Vrooman: Vigorously defended a recent answer of yours, but can't do that here. "War beim Arzt" - "Und was ist dabei rausgekommen?" - "Hab' nur ne Erkältung." There is no accomplishment and another subject won't do. Yours is: "Was haben wir geschafft?"
5 hrs
  -> Thanks for leaping to my defense on a previous occasion. But ‘accomplish’ has a far broader connotation than ‘geschafft’. Compare with “And what did that accomplish?”
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