Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
legitimacy
English answer:
his right to be there/qualifications
English term
legitimacy
What does "legitimacy" refer to in this context?
Feb 9, 2008 12:09: suezen Created KOG entry
Feb 11, 2008 08:07: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/82300">suezen's</a> old entry - "Legitimacy"" to ""his right to be there/qualifications""
Feb 11, 2008 08:07: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Legitimacy" to "legitimacy"
Feb 11, 2008 08:49: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
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his right to be there/qualifications
Native in: Norwegian (Bokmal) 
Works in: Norwegian to English, English to Norwegian, Polish to English, and 1 more.
authenticity /genuineness
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
birth within wedlock
and "legitimacy" here deliberately brings in the original true meaning of bastard as someone born to people not married to each other.
In other words, in spite of the fact that he wroed at Goldman Sachs, people would not automatically think that this made him a "bastard".
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-02-08 19:59:58 GMT)
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In penultimate line: should read "...he worked at..."
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Derek Gill Franßen
: Very creative! But it is hard to say without more context to glimpse the tone. :)
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Thank you. Yes, it's a bastard, isn't it?
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V_Nedkov
: I like the logic :) but again this is only a guess...
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Thank you.
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