Sep 4, 2000 19:19
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German term
Ryan Childers
caveat emptor
Non-PRO
German to English
Art/Literary
Extra credit in school
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"Caveat Emptor" is latin. Caveat emptor means let the buyer beware or that the buyers should examine and check for themselves things which they intend to purchase and that they cannot later hold the vendor responsible for the broken condition of the thing bought.
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Dierk Seeburg
Native in German
Courteous professional, charter member
Native in: German (Variants: Swiss, Swabian, Bavarian, Alsatian, Austrian, Namibian, Platt / Nieder (Low German), Germany, South Tyrol (Italy), Saxon (Upper), Belgian) 
Works in: German to English, English to German
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buyer beware
You saw this in German, not in English and want it translated into English? Anyway, it means Buyer Beware, and a German translation would be Gewährleistungsausschluss.
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let the buyer beware
Phrase meaning that the buyer is himself responsible for checking that what he buys is in good order.
Remember that "caveat" means warning; you'll see it in other Latin phrases.
The German for "caveat emptor" is "Ausschluss der Gewaehrleistung."
Remember that "caveat" means warning; you'll see it in other Latin phrases.
The German for "caveat emptor" is "Ausschluss der Gewaehrleistung."
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Jesús Paredes
Fast and accurate technical translations
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 1 more.
Caveat emptor
This Latin phrase is also used in English and it means: Let the buyer beware (i.e. one buys at one's risk. Webster's New World Dictionary.
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Karin Reinhold
Native in German
Deadline-conscious,accurate & reliable.
Native in: German
Works in: German to English, English to German
Maengelpruefungspflicht des Kaeufers
Maengelrisiko liegt grundsaetzlich beim Kaeufer
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Jon Zuber (X)
Jon Zuber (X)
Nothing lost.
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
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caveat emptor/let the buyer beware
Both are used by English speakers; which is appropriate depends on the educational level of the audience.
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