Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
alles gut einrichten um nachzukommen
English translation:
undertake all the proper preparations so xx can follow
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Nicole Schnell
Dec 17, 2005 02:01
18 yrs ago
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German term
alles gut einrichten um nachzukommen
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19th-century letter
This appears in a letter written in 1849 from Düsseldorf to a 21-year-old member of the family who was temporarily in Bremen, awaiting departure on the steamship Washington. His family wrote him: "...und in Amerika nur alles gut einrichten um nachzukommen." Any ideas?
Proposed translations
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3 +5 | undertake all the proper preparations so the family can follow |
Nicole Schnell
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3 +1 | to arrange everything well so that we can follow |
swisstell
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undertake all the proper preparations so the family can follow
If I had the full sentence I could provide decent grammar :-)
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roeland
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Kim Metzger
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to arrange everything well so that we can follow
to do well so that we can follow you (to America)
my interpretation of the little that is known
my interpretation of the little that is known
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