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Unbeteiligte Personen fernhalten

English translation: prevent unauthorised access

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German term or phrase:Unbeteiligte Personen fernhalten
English translation:prevent unauthorised access
Entered by: Ingo Dierkschnieder

10:00 Feb 3, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Safety / material safety data sheet
German term or phrase: Unbeteiligte Personen fernhalten
I just can't get my head around this one and am not happy with my translation at all.
This is taken from a material safety data sheet and means nothing else than it should be ensured that no one goes near the spillage of the hazardous substance.
How can I translate this as short as possible?
Thanks a bunch.
Ingo Dierkschnieder
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:07
prevent unauthorised access
Explanation:
you could nearly omit the 'unauthorised' w/o losing anything
Selected response from:

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 16:07
Grading comment
Good stuff, excellent answers! Must admit I loved this one right from the start so that's what I used. Big thanks to everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5prevent unauthorised access
Cilian O'Tuama
3 +3keep other people away
Armorel Young
4 +1keep out unauthorised persons
CMJ_Trans (X)
4access by unauthorized persons must be prevented
Ingrid Blank
4general public
Wolf Brosius (X)
3prohibit (prevent) bystander access to spillage(accident) area
Iain Mc Mullin (X)
3Keep uninvolved persons away
Nesrin


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
keep other people away


Explanation:
or just "keep people away"

Is that too simple?

Armorel Young
Local time: 15:07
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  shabda
1 hr
agree  Lisa Davey: or "ensure other people are prevented from entering the area" - no marks for brevity though....
7 hrs
agree  Gabrielle Lyons: In the unlikely event you can get away with informality, this is the clearest
22 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
keep out unauthorised persons


Explanation:
do not allow unauthorised persons on the site

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Note added at 2005-02-03 10:08:15 (GMT)
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PS I know that \"unauthorised\" is a very free translation but it is the sort of thing you see in English

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 16:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Somers (X): unauthorized is the word but there might be a better way: prevent access by ... ??
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
prohibit (prevent) bystander access to spillage(accident) area


Explanation:
Just a guess

Iain Mc Mullin (X)
Local time: 16:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
prevent unauthorised access


Explanation:
you could nearly omit the 'unauthorised' w/o losing anything

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 16:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Good stuff, excellent answers! Must admit I loved this one right from the start so that's what I used. Big thanks to everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  gfish
4 mins
agree  writeaway: but I'd keep unauthorised
9 mins
agree  Louise Mawbey
29 mins
agree  Gabrielle Lyons: I'd go with this is it needs to sound formal
22 hrs
agree  Ian M-H (X)
445 days
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
access by unauthorized persons must be prevented


Explanation:
another option

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
general public


Explanation:
i.e the public in general must be kept away from rubbernecken!
Cheers
Wolf

Wolf Brosius (X)
Local time: 16:07
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Keep uninvolved persons away


Explanation:
That's closer to the German text, I believe. "Unauthorized persons" may possibly refer to a different set of people than "uninvolved persons".

Direct uninvolved persons away from the area. Ensure
a clear exit for yourself. Stay calm; speak clearly and concisely. ...
www.vch.ca/repository/mental_health/ 300%20-%20Clinical%20Policy/327%20-%20Safety.pdf


(sorry to be posting a second answer - I had to hide my first one as the use of "personnel" instead of "persons" was misleading).


Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:07
Native speaker of: Arabic
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