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accepted or received?

English translation: were awarded

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:accepted or received?
Selected answer:were awarded
Entered by: Louise Mawbey

14:24 Mar 13, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
English term or phrase: accepted or received?
For Unit No. 1, pre-operation tests were in the presence of inspectors from the Agency.

We finished all the tests with good results and accepted(received???) the certificate of conformance.
Mitsuko
Local time: 10:03
were awarded
Explanation:
IMHO fits better than either received or accepted
Selected response from:

Louise Mawbey
Germany
Local time: 03:03
Grading comment
...tests were cnducted..
I made a mistake not to insert the verb..
Thank you very much!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6received
Giovanella (X)
5 +3received
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
4 +3received
Anna Quail
4 +1were awarded
Louise Mawbey
5received
Mwananchi


Discussion entries: 1





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
received


Explanation:
received definately makes better sense


    Reference: http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=received
Giovanella (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isodynamia
0 min
agree  Alison Jenner
5 mins
agree  William [Bill] Gray: With FrenchtoEnglish's point about "compliance" (not conformance)!
22 mins
agree  Enza Longo
47 mins
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 4 hrs
agree  conejo
2 days 4 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
were awarded


Explanation:
IMHO fits better than either received or accepted

Louise Mawbey
Germany
Local time: 03:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
...tests were cnducted..
I made a mistake not to insert the verb..
Thank you very much!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Quail: You're right! Why go with one or the other when there's a better solution :-)
2 mins
disagree  Tony M: It's not really the kind of 'certificate' that gets 'awarded'; at worst, 'granted'
9 mins
agree  Morad Safe (X)
24 mins
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
received


Explanation:
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Note added at 3 mins (2006-03-13 14:28:44 GMT)
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It is similar to receiveing a prize for something like the Nobel Prize.
Then you either accept or refuse.

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isodynamia
1 min
  -> Thank you
agree  Andrey Belousov (X)
17 mins
agree  Enza Longo
48 mins
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
received


Explanation:
But what on earth is a certificate of conformance? Do you mean certificate of compliance?


Anna Quail
France
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Oh yes, surely it's a 'compliance certificate'?
8 mins
  -> Thank you Dusty :-)
agree  NancyLynn
2 hrs
  -> Thank you NancyLynn :-)
agree  humbird: That's right! Comformance, hah?
8 hrs
  -> ;-)) Thank you Susan!
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
received


Explanation:
This one is interesting. The above answers are adequate, but with acceptance, it would make it appear that the person receiving the certificate was doing the certificate giver a favour. While the contrary is more probable. The inspectors accepted the results.



Mwananchi
Kenya
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwahiliSwahili
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