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Sentence

English translation: hustler; male prostitute

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German term or phrase:Stricher
English translation:hustler; male prostitute
Entered by: Johanna Timm, PhD

03:45 Jan 16, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Sentence
Sentence: sie hätten den Verdacht auf die Stricherszene lenken wollen.
Context: Im Sommer 1990 war der Schauspieler Walter Sedlmayr in seiner Wohnung in München-Schwabing mit einem Hammer erschlagen worden. Einige Jahre später wurden ein früherer Freund des homosexuellen Schauspielers und sein Bruder in einem Indizienprozess wegen Mordes zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. Die Anklage hatte ihnen vorgeworfen, sie hätten den Verdacht auf die Stricherszene lenken wollen.
Thank you very much in advance! :)
Jianming Sun
Local time: 12:05
Satz
Explanation:
(they were accused of) trying to implicate [members of] the hustler scene
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Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 21:05
Grading comment
Thanks!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Satz
Johanna Timm, PhD
3 +1to divert suspicion
Olaf Reibedanz


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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Satz


Explanation:
(they were accused of) trying to implicate [members of] the hustler scene

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 21:05
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 29
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Erik Macki: An excellent translation. You could also use "allegedly" to deal with the subjunctive, e.g. that they had allegedly tried to implicate members of the hustler scene, etc. Depends on what works stylistically best for you.
11 mins
agree  Kathinka van de Griendt
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to divert suspicion


Explanation:
They had been accused of trying to divert suspicion to street prostitution.

They had been accused of trying to divert suspicion to the red light milieu.


Olaf Reibedanz
Colombia
Local time: 23:05
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fantutti (X): or...divert suspicion toward ...
4 mins
neutral  Erik Macki: "Stricher" is more specific and a bit more colloquial than "street prostitute/tion"; in English it's normally a red-light district (but this, while in the same semantic region, means something quite different from "Stricher").
5 mins
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