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verbruik

English translation: usage

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Dutch term or phrase:verbruik
English translation:usage
Entered by: Willemina Hagenauw

11:37 Jun 22, 2004
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers (general) / computers, applicaties
Dutch term or phrase: verbruik
Ik twijfel een beetje over de vertaling van het woord "verbruik" in de volgende zin: "Met XXXX is het mogelijk het gebruik en verbruik van uw applicaties inzichtelijk te krijgen en zelf door te belasten". Is consumption in dit geval een juiste oplossing of gebruiken teccies hier iets anders voor?
Willemina Hagenauw
Local time: 09:56
usage
Explanation:
use and usage

Trusted Edge employs Network IDS (NIDS) to monitor the use and usage of network information and Host Intrusion Detection to profile the behavior of mission-critical applications.
http://www.trustededge.com/srv_ps_sm.html
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vixen
Greece
Local time: 11:56
Grading comment
Many thanks!

Willemina

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3usage
vixen
3 +2change the sentence
Neil Gouw
4 +1use and frequency of use
Dave Greatrix
4consumption
Wolter Jetten


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
consumption


Explanation:
"the use and consumption of your applications" lijkt me prima.

Wolter Jetten
Netherlands
Local time: 10:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  jarry (X): "The consumption of applications" sounds very odd to me.
57 mins
  -> The best way to find out what the author exactly means with "verbruik" is to ask him directly. "usage" and "utilisation" sound fine to me, too.
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
usage


Explanation:
use and usage

Trusted Edge employs Network IDS (NIDS) to monitor the use and usage of network information and Host Intrusion Detection to profile the behavior of mission-critical applications.
http://www.trustededge.com/srv_ps_sm.html

vixen
Greece
Local time: 11:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Many thanks!

Willemina

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: most likey correct here in light of 'doorbelasten'. 'Use' means simply 'being used', and 'usage' means being used by a particular person of for a specific purpose, or the amont of use. 'Utilisation' could also be used in stead of 'usage'.
40 mins
agree  jarry (X): Use and usage.
54 mins
agree  Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
1 hr
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
change the sentence


Explanation:
I agree that "usage" or "utilization" are good translations, but I tend to disagree on the use (no pun intended) of the noun "use" as a translation for "gebruik" in this particular sentence. If it were to be translated as "the use and usage of your applications", one could also read it as "het nut en verbruik". I would have suggested to translate "gebruik" as "application" (in the sense of "how the software is applied", or "to what end"), but as it already used for software, that's not an option.

To avoid this, you could rewrite it as:"XXX will enable you to identify to what end your applications are used and how much they are utilized".

Neil Gouw
Netherlands
Local time: 10:56
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saskia Steur (X)
10 mins
  -> dank je
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
2 hrs
  -> dank je
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
use and frequency of use


Explanation:
[PDF] State of Colorado Educational Technology Plan 1996-2000: App C
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... software resources, evaluate their use and frequency of use. ... Basic DOS/Windows Operations ... Word
Processing Software ----- Spreadsheet ...
www.cde.state.co.us/edtech/download/app-c.pdf - Similar pages

[PDF] A Comparison of the Usability of Notebook and Desktop Computers at ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... they had been using (Windows NT replaced Windows 98 ... to collect longitudinal data on
hardware and software use, ease of use, and frequency of use within the ...
www.usafa.af.mil/iita/Documents/revak 2.pdf - Similar pages

[PDF] CES/SEM.52/WP.1* 29 September 2003 ENGLISH ONLY STATISTICAL ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... and use of basic Windows-based software ... and creation of educational software, online
class ... use computers by purposes of use and frequency of use) Purpose The ...
www.unece.org/stats/documents/ces/sem.52/wp.1.e.pdf


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Note added at 2004-06-22 15:50:18 (GMT)
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gebruik = the use of an application

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Note added at 2004-06-22 15:51:02 (GMT)
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verbruik = how often an application is used

Dave Greatrix
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:56
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Beijer
2748 days
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