Oct 18, 2006 17:01
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German term
Ireland
Professional IT & business translations
Native in: English (Variants: US, British, Irish, UK) 
Works in: German to English
Prognosemaßstab
German to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
Refugees and asylum
For instance, as used in this phrase:
Das Verwaltungsgericht hätte eine Verfolgungsgefahr aber auch dann bejahen müssen, wenn hierfür der Prognosemaßstab einer beachtlichen Wahrscheinlichkeit zugrunde zu legen gewesen wäre.
Many thanks for your help.
Das Verwaltungsgericht hätte eine Verfolgungsgefahr aber auch dann bejahen müssen, wenn hierfür der Prognosemaßstab einer beachtlichen Wahrscheinlichkeit zugrunde zu legen gewesen wäre.
Many thanks for your help.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | predictability criterion |
David Hollywood
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| 3 | criterion |
Darin Fitzpatrick
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Proposed translations
7 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
Works in field
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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318
Selected
predictability criterion
The second procedure uses a predictability criterion and selects the model which achieves the minimum forecast error on a holdout sample. ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8456(198321)21%3A1%3C256%3AEIPFEM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9 - Similar pages
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or rephrase: if it were highly probable/likely that this was the case
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-10-18 17:13:20 GMT)
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I prefer the rephrasing option ....
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Note added at 13 mins (2006-10-18 17:14:22 GMT)
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very wordy in the German but that's the meaning IMO
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-10-18 17:20:52 GMT)
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or: if there were a high likelihood/probabilty of this being the case
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-10-18 20:48:01 GMT)
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literally: if the predictability criterion for this were based on a high probability ....just a literal translation and not meant to be taken seriously ... there's an element of tautology in there IMO and I think you can quite happily go with what I suggested above or something like "if there were a high probability of the underlying predictability criterion being met" (although this sounds a little forced) .....
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8456(198321)21%3A1%3C256%3AEIPFEM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9 - Similar pages
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Note added at 11 mins (2006-10-18 17:12:33 GMT)
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or rephrase: if it were highly probable/likely that this was the case
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-10-18 17:13:20 GMT)
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I prefer the rephrasing option ....
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Note added at 13 mins (2006-10-18 17:14:22 GMT)
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very wordy in the German but that's the meaning IMO
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-10-18 17:20:52 GMT)
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or: if there were a high likelihood/probabilty of this being the case
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-10-18 20:48:01 GMT)
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literally: if the predictability criterion for this were based on a high probability ....just a literal translation and not meant to be taken seriously ... there's an element of tautology in there IMO and I think you can quite happily go with what I suggested above or something like "if there were a high probability of the underlying predictability criterion being met" (although this sounds a little forced) .....
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to David and Darin for looking at this. "
1 hr
Darin Fitzpatrick
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Engineer & Project Manager
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
Related KudoZ points
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20
criterion
It's unclear from the single sentence what the "Prognose-" means. You might need "criterion for predicition" or "prediciton criterion," but I think that a simple "criterion" will fit.
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