adopted / taken on
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adopted
Coming from another source, person, or system and reused. Describes ideas, concepts, or also physical things that were not originally created by oneself.
Viele der im Bericht verwendeten Zahlen wurden aus einer älteren Studie übernommen.
Many of the figures used in the report were adopted from an older study.
to have taken on too much
To have taken on too much work, responsibility, or too much physical effort, so that one is overwhelmed or fails.
Mit drei Projekten gleichzeitig hat er sich komplett übernommen.
With three projects at the same time, he has completely taken on too much.
The word 'übernommen' (adopted/taken on) is the past participle of the inseparable verb 'übernehmen' (to take over/adopt). It is used as an adjective or as part of the perfect or passive tense.
Die neue Regelung wurde von allen Abteilungen übernommen.
The new regulation was adopted by all departments.
You can recognize the meaning from the sentence structure. If 'übernommen' (adopted) refers to a thing, it means 'taken from somewhere else'. If it appears with the reflexive pronoun 'sich' (oneself), it means that a person is overwhelmed.
Diese Definition ist aus dem Wörterbuch übernommen.
This definition is adopted from the dictionary.
If you want to indicate the source from which something was adopted, use the prepositions 'aus' (from/out of) for texts or systems and 'von' (from/by) for people or institutions.
Der Code wurde aus einem Open-Source-Projekt übernommen.
The code was adopted from an open-source project.
The meaning 'to be overwhelmed' exists only in the reflexive expression 'sich übernehmen' (to take on too much). You cannot say 'er ist übernommen'. The perfect form is always 'er hat sich übernommen' (he has taken on too much).
Pass auf, dass du dich mit dem Training nicht übernimmst.
Be careful not to take on too much with the training.
to transmit / transfer
Both words can refer to data that will be used further in a new system. „Übertragen“ emphasizes the technical process of sending the data from one system to another. „Übernommen“ emphasizes that the data are then integrated into and reused in the new system.
Die übernommenen Kundendaten stehen im neuen System weiterhin zur Verfügung.
The carried-over customer data remain available in the new system.
Die IT-Abteilung überträgt die Kundendaten aus dem alten System in das neue.
The IT department transfers the customer data from the old system to the new one.
