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hilflos

English translation: helpless, with a sense of impotence

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German term or phrase: hilflos
English translation:helpless, with a sense of impotence
Entered by: Anusca Mantovani

19:50 May 4, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / sexuelle Gewalt
German term or phrase: hilflos
Doch selbst wenn wir das alles vielleicht etwas hilflos zur Kenntnis nehmen, kommen wir nicht umhin,sexuelle Gewalt gegen Kinder genau zu definierern
chiara
impotence
Explanation:
Another approach.
But even if we take note of all of this with a sense of impotence, we can't get around precisely defining sexual violence against children.
Selected response from:

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 17:08
Grading comment
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2feeling helpless
Anne-Carine Zimmer
4 +2impotence
Kim Metzger
4helplessly
Sheila Hardie
4unable
jerryk (X)
4unable
jerryk (X)


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
helplessly


Explanation:
Hilflos could mean helpless(ly) or awkward(ly). I think helplessly might work here.

HTH

Sheila

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 01:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
feeling helpless


Explanation:
in this sentence it may be better to use a different wording:
But even if we acknowledge this, (while)feeling somewhat helpless, ...

Anne-Carine Zimmer
United States
Works in field

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  swisstell: or: with a feeling of helplessness
15 mins
agree  Trudy Peters: agree with e-rich
53 mins
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
impotence


Explanation:
Another approach.
But even if we take note of all of this with a sense of impotence, we can't get around precisely defining sexual violence against children.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 17:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 127

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Trudy Peters: May not be the best choice of words in this context :-)
45 mins
agree  Dirgis (X): I support Trudy in that I find it inappropriate here, helpless has no sexual connotation
2 hrs
agree  jerrie: impotence in the sense of helplessness...we know about it, but we feel we can't do anything about it
12 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
unable


Explanation:
"Perhaps it is because we are unable to understand it, that we have difficulty in arriving at a precise definition of violence against children."

jerryk (X)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
unable


Explanation:
"Perhaps it is because we are unable to understand it, that we have difficulty in arriving at a precise definition of sexual violence against children."

jerryk (X)
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