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an Sicherheit grenzende Wahrscheinlichkeit

English translation: all but / viturally / with reasonable certainty

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German term or phrase:an Sicherheit grenzende Wahrscheinlichkeit
English translation:all but / viturally / with reasonable certainty
Entered by: Christine Lam

00:09 Oct 3, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
German term or phrase: an Sicherheit grenzende Wahrscheinlichkeit
es liegt mir auf der Zunge, aber will einfach nicht "kommen"...

Aufgrund der erhobenen klinischen und paraklinischen Befunde konnten wir eine frische myokardiale Infarzierung mit an Sicherheit grenzender Wahrscheinlichkeit ausschließen.

Danke
Christine Lam
Local time: 00:48
all but
Explanation:
The ....clinical and paraclinical results made it possible to all but rule out...

Another option would be with "virtually"

The ... clinical and paraclinical results made it virtually possible to exclude/rule ...

In any case I would rephrase it in English and not try to retain the pedantic German formulation.



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Henry Schroeder
United States
Local time: 00:48
Grading comment
thank you all - a difficult choice indeed!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6a probability bordering on certaintly
Kim Metzger
3 +1with reasonable certainty/almost certainly
Bernhard Sulzer
3 +1all but
Henry Schroeder
3to be convinced to within an acceptable margin of error
Sandra Bradford


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
a probability bordering on certaintly


Explanation:
Kent Gallery Exhibition: Ellen Rothenberg, 1994While PARTIAL INDEX will be shown in its entirety, there will only be selected elements from a PROBABILITY BORDERING ON CERTAINTY installed downstairs due ...
www.kentgallery.com/rotpr94.htm


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Note added at 40 mins (2006-10-03 00:50:00 GMT)
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Here's another version, but I don't our ProZians would approve of it.

It stated that a very high degree of probability is required ("einer sehr hohen naheliegender Wahrscheinlichkeit."), but that this did not mean a probability almost reaching certainty ("eine an Sicherheit grenzende Wahrscheinlichkeit.").

http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/biblio/chengwei.html


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 22:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 100

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  swisstell: "certaintly" no (you had that one coming with certainty!)
5 mins
  -> oops! :-)
agree  Gert Sass (M.A.): http://www.atypon-link.com/EPL/doi/pdf/10.1558/sll.1999.6.2....
34 mins
agree  Rachel Ward
7 hrs
agree  Armorel Young: yes - B.'s "reasonable certainty" just isn't quite strong enough
8 hrs
agree  Steffen Walter: No need to disagree just because of the typo IMHO.
9 hrs
agree  PoveyTrans (X)
12 hrs
agree  Michael Bailey
12 hrs
agree  Rebecca Garber
13 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
with reasonable certainty/almost certainly


Explanation:
or: were able to almost certainly rule...any chance of...

here: to rule out, with reasonable certainty, the occurrence of (another) ....
or:
were able to almost certainly rule out the... (occurrence/possibility of)...
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType...

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-03 01:29:56 GMT)
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rule "out" .... of course not just "rule"

Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 00:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Moore (X): Nice and concise
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, David
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
all but


Explanation:
The ....clinical and paraclinical results made it possible to all but rule out...

Another option would be with "virtually"

The ... clinical and paraclinical results made it virtually possible to exclude/rule ...

In any case I would rephrase it in English and not try to retain the pedantic German formulation.





Henry Schroeder
United States
Local time: 00:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
thank you all - a difficult choice indeed!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
4 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to be convinced to within an acceptable margin of error


Explanation:
Wäre auch eine Variante, die ich schon mal gehört habe...

Sandra Bradford
United States
Local time: 23:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
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