German term
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, German to English
selbstverständlich
In a letter from a son-in-law to his new parents-in-law.
| 3 +12 | natural, easy |
Armorel Young
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| 4 +1 | unquestioningly/seamlessly/automatically |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 3 +1 | unconditional |
Nicole Schnell
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| 3 +1 | matter-of-fact |
Trudy Peters
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| 3 | genuine |
David Hollywood
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Sep 13, 2005 06:50: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "selbstverst�ndliche" to "selbstverst�ndlich"
Non-PRO (2): Steven Sidore, Steffen Walter
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Proposed translations
natural, easy
United States
Award winning Advertising/Marketing
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
unconditional
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-09-12 21:55:13 GMT)
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Im Sinne von vorbehaltlos.
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Mario Marcolin
1 day 9 hrs
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| neutral |
Francis Lee (X)
: m.E. etwas übertrieben
2 days 12 hrs
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United States
matter-of-fact
IOW, as if it were the most natural thing.
| agree |
Agnieszka Hayward (X)
: I like your version, Trudy. sounds very natural :o)
13 mins
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| agree |
Daniel Bird
38 mins
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| disagree |
Textklick
: Sorry Trudy, can't agree here. In the UK, matter-of-fact = businesslike, unfeeling, prosaic, 'Matter-of-course' would be O.K. IMO
9 hrs
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| disagree |
Ulrike Kraemer
: Sorry, but Textklick's comment was my first thought, too.
10 hrs
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| agree |
Francis Lee (X)
: "the matter-of-fact way in which ..." could work
2 days 12 hrs
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
genuine
I think this gets the idea across that they had no hestiation about accepting him into their family and that they fully apporoved
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Note added at 6 hrs 45 mins (2005-09-13 04:33:59 GMT)
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approved :)
| neutral |
Francis Lee (X)
: but how would you fit it in ?
2 days 6 hrs
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maybe something like "the heartfelt and genuine welcome into the/ your family"
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unquestioningly/seamlessly/automatically
| agree |
Francis Lee (X)
: automatically
2 days 2 hrs
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