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sei die Leitung abgebrochen

English translation: the line was cut off

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German term or phrase:sei die Leitung abgebrochen
English translation:the line was cut off
Entered by: Orla Shanaghy

13:49 May 11, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: sei die Leitung abgebrochen
Gegen 4.30 Uhr am Morgen sei ein Notruf aus dem Haus eingegangen, teilte die Polizei mit. Die Mitarbeiter der Notrufzentrale hätten Schüsse gehört, dann sei die Leitung abgebrochen, hieß es weiter. Am Tatort wurden keine Anzeichen für Fremdverschulden gefunden. Der ermittelnde Sheriff Bob Doyle erklärte, man habe keine Spuren gefunden, die auf einen Einbruch oder einen Kampf schließen lassen. Die Polizei prüfe derzeit, ob häusliche Gewalt zu der Familientragödie geführt haben könnte.

TIA!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 13:26
the line was cut off
Explanation:
This is a common way of expressing it. As regards the reported speech ('sei'), in English you would have to say something like: "The report goes on to say that [the line was cut off]" or "According to the police, [the line was cut off]".
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Orla Shanaghy
Local time: 06:26
Grading comment
Thank you all for help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2the line was cut off
Orla Shanaghy
4 +2the line went dead
Michael McWilliam
4then the line was disconnected
Ingo Dierkschnieder
4the connection was broken
CMJ_Trans (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
then the line was disconnected


Explanation:
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Ingo Dierkschnieder
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:26
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
the line was cut off


Explanation:
This is a common way of expressing it. As regards the reported speech ('sei'), in English you would have to say something like: "The report goes on to say that [the line was cut off]" or "According to the police, [the line was cut off]".

Orla Shanaghy
Local time: 06:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you all for help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laura Terrett
1 min
agree  Darin Fitzpatrick
1 hr
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the connection was broken


Explanation:
according to the police, there was an emergency call at...... he heard shots and then the connection was broken

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Note added at 2005-05-11 14:21:39 (GMT)
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the line went dead - common parlance

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 07:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
the line went dead


Explanation:
in the context of the paragraph

Michael McWilliam
United States
Local time: 23:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laurel Porter (X): This is pithier, and is commonly used. Did CMJ add this first? I don't feel like doing the math... :-)
50 mins
  -> thanks ;)
agree  Trudy Peters
4 hrs
  -> thanks Trudy
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