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Mutter- und Babybedarf

English translation: Mother and Baby Products

08:23 Jan 14, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care
German term or phrase: Mutter- und Babybedarf
Gesundheit/Medizin
Medizinische Geräte/ -Instrumente
Mutter- und Babybedarf
Pharmazeutika

(Produktgruppen einer Gesundheitsmesse)
Vielen Dank!
martina1974
Austria
Local time: 14:36
English translation:Mother and Baby Products
Explanation:
Simple but suitable, I think.

Kind regards,

Sara
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Sara Noss
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:36
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5Mother and Baby Products
Sara Noss
4 +2Maternity and baby (care) products
Sanni Kruger (X)
3medicines for maternal and child health
Jakub Rychter, PhD
4 -2baby products
Cillie Swart


  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Mother and Baby Products


Explanation:
Simple but suitable, I think.

Kind regards,

Sara


    https://www.motherandbaby.co.uk/shopping-and-reviews/shopping-ideas/best-new-baby-products-2018
Sara Noss
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): Without the caps - Mother and baby products
13 mins
  -> Thank you, Ramey. I left the caps in this instance as I thought this might constitute a heading. :)
agree  writeaway: of course. this is everyday German, without the caps as Ramey says
58 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  philgoddard: You could leave out "products" .
3 hrs
  -> Indeed! Thank you.
agree  Eleanore Strauss: of course...
5 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  British Diana
7 hrs
neutral  Birgit Gläser: has anyone of you ever seen mother products advertised?? I really think maternity is the way to go. Works for a website or event name, but as a label?
8 hrs
  -> In a sense you are right, as you don't see 'mother products' listed as a single entity but a lot of businesses combine the two under this all-encompassing rubric (as above), and there are many examples of this on the Internet.
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
medicines for maternal and child health


Explanation:
https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2011/mother_child...

Example sentence(s):
  • WHO's first ever list of priority medicines for maternal and child health recommends to countries which medicines are most important for saving lives.

    https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2011/mother_child_medicine_20110321/en/
Jakub Rychter, PhD
Spain
Local time: 14:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ramey Rieger (X): It's a health trade fair, I'd be careful with medicines. Besides, medicine is not in the source text.
5 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Maternity and baby (care) products


Explanation:
That was the first thing to spring to my mind.


    https://www.bgateway.com/assets/market-reports/Maternity-Baby-Products.pdf
    Reference: http://economists-pick-research.hktdc.com/business-news/arti...
Sanni Kruger (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: don't see how maternity can be used and care products isn't in the source text either
19 mins
agree  Birgit Gläser: I really think maternity is the way to go... it is a label for a health care fair... Mommy & Me is not really snappy for this....
6 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Lirka: I would use "gear": Maternity and Baby Gear
8 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
baby products


Explanation:
I wouldn't include mother or mom because it is superfluous.

Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 14:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Heike Holthaus: Products for the baby differ from those for the mother. They have very different needs after the baby is born. :)
42 mins
disagree  writeaway: how mother be superfluous. in any case, no mum, no baby, not yet anyway. if products are for both, then this is a truly incorrect suggestion
1 hr
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