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German term or phrase:
jmdn etwas zumuten
English translation:
expect s.o. to be able to cope with
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zumuten
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Max ist acht Jahre alt, als man ihn ins Kinderhaus Kerb in Neubeuern bei Rosenheim bringt. Das Heim im bayerischen Inntal hat 350 Quadratmeter Wohnfläche und grüne Fensterläden. Max turnt an der Kletterwand, hüpft auf dem Trampolin, hangelt sich zwischen den Ästen hoch auf das Baumhaus aus dicken Holzbalken. Erstmals findet er ein Zuhause. Nur fünf weitere Kinder sind hier untergebracht, Kinder, denen kein großes Heim ***zugemutet*** werden soll. Die Leiterin lebt mit ihrer eigenen Familie unter demselben Dach, ein Sohn ist in Max' Alter.
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are not able to cope with
My understanding of the phrase is that these are children who would not be able to cope with being in a large home. I suspect they need an intimate atmosphere and probably plenty of individual attention.
Sorry no web references to back it up; it is just a phrase I have encountered in the context of what a child can be expected to do and cope with in school.
Sorry no web references to back it up; it is just a phrase I have encountered in the context of what a child can be expected to do and cope with in school.
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unreasonable to demand
In English "zumuten" is unreasonable (to) demand.
I would translate the sentence as follows: Only five additional children are accommodated there, it would be unreasonable to demand that these children should live in a large home.
I also can not back this up with web references.I hope it is helpful.
I would translate the sentence as follows: Only five additional children are accommodated there, it would be unreasonable to demand that these children should live in a large home.
I also can not back this up with web references.I hope it is helpful.
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who are considered unfit for a large care facility
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who are deemed unsuitable for being placed in a large home
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who are deemed unsuitable for being placed in a large home
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...children who are not appropriate for placement in...
'grosses Heim'would depend on the context, but here I think the sense is, as another translator expressed it, a large care center.
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