Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
bei widmungswidriger oder unüblicher Verwendung
English translation:
for a purpose or in a manner other than that (for which it was) intended
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Nicola Wood
Apr 29, 2011 07:23
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German term
Austria
Native in: German
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bei widmungswidriger oder unüblicher Verwendung
German to English
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Law: Contract(s)
XX leistet Schadenersatz im Rahmen der gesetzlichen Bestimmungen und nur bis zur Höhe des Auftragswertes. Haftung für leichte Fahrlässigkeit sowie bei widmungswidriger oder unüblicher Verwendung der XX-Produkte wird ausdrücklich ausgeschlossen.
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May 4, 2011 06:10: Nicola Wood Created KOG entry
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Nicola Wood
Austria
Austria
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for a purpose or in a manner other than that (for which it was) intended
It is fairly common for companies to refuse to accept liability for any damage to property or person resulting from a product being used "for a purpose or in a manner other than that for which it was intended".
In other words, if a mad English person uses a tea tray as a sledge as we used to and crashes and injures themself, the manufacturers of the tea tray will not accept any responsibility because that is not what the tea tray was intended for.
In other words, if a mad English person uses a tea tray as a sledge as we used to and crashes and injures themself, the manufacturers of the tea tray will not accept any responsibility because that is not what the tea tray was intended for.
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non-intended or non-standard use
Präposition kann ich nicht angeben, hängt vom Satzbau ab
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Jaime Hyland
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Professional IT translation into English
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Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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for a purpose other than or prejudicial to its intended use
self-explanatory.
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(liability for) use other than its intended use, or use in an unusual manner
(There are two concepts here. Reducing the two to one is unnecessary, because it is not difficult to be literal in a manner which the author may well have intended.)
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