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Als gemeinsame Klammer

English translation: reflect the essence

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German term or phrase:Als gemeinsame Klammer
English translation:reflect the essence
Entered by: Carolyn Brice

10:25 Apr 21, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / EU
German term or phrase: Als gemeinsame Klammer
7. Als gemeinsame Klammer der Veranstaltung können folgende zwei Anregungen der Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer festgehalten werden:

A text relating the conclusions of an EU Expert Seminar. I think I get what the sentence is trying to say, just can't quite grasp a good English rendition. Can anyone help?
Carolyn Brice
Greece
Local time: 22:53
reflect the essence
Explanation:
I'd say you'd need to translate it very freely to make it sound like proper English. Perhaps something like:
The following two suggestions by the delegates reflect the essence of what was discussed at the event/of the conclusions drawn at the event.
Obviously, it depends on what type of event. To be honest, I would have no qualms about asking the client exactly what they want to convey here.
Sonnige Grüße aus Köln,
MW

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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-04-21 14:41:43 GMT)
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Oops, I read your background text too quickly, sorry. Please ignore my comment about the type of event!

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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-04-21 14:41:57 GMT)
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Oops, I read your background text too quickly, sorry. Please ignore my comment about the type of event!
Selected response from:

Mandy Williams
Local time: 21:53
Grading comment
Thanks again, this is what I used.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +2common denominator
itla
3 +1reflect the essence
Mandy Williams


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
common denominator


Explanation:
Just an approach you might want to consider.

itla
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
Notes to answerer
Asker: Although I agree that this is what it means, I think MW's rendition fits the text better, thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Lam: was my first idea too
1 min
agree  Erich Friese: ....nicely put....
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
reflect the essence


Explanation:
I'd say you'd need to translate it very freely to make it sound like proper English. Perhaps something like:
The following two suggestions by the delegates reflect the essence of what was discussed at the event/of the conclusions drawn at the event.
Obviously, it depends on what type of event. To be honest, I would have no qualms about asking the client exactly what they want to convey here.
Sonnige Grüße aus Köln,
MW

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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-04-21 14:41:43 GMT)
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Oops, I read your background text too quickly, sorry. Please ignore my comment about the type of event!

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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-04-21 14:41:57 GMT)
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Oops, I read your background text too quickly, sorry. Please ignore my comment about the type of event!

Mandy Williams
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks again, this is what I used.
Notes to answerer
Asker: This is very nice, and fits perfectly!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
2 hrs
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