Jul 21, 2014 20:40
10 yrs ago
German term

bis zu zwei Stunden auf 24 UHR

German to English Law/Patents Government / Politics Addendum to Hessian Guidelines on Safety Concepts for Large Public Events
This question is related to my earlier question.
Original
Analog zu Nr. 6.4 TA Lärm kann der Beginn der Nachtzeit am Freitag - und Samstagabend sowie vor Feiertagen bis zu zwei Stunden auf 24 UHR hinausgeschoben werden.

My uncertain translation:

Analogous to 6.4 TA, noise can be delayed until the beginning of the night on Friday - and Saturday evening as well as before holidays up to two hours before 12AM.

What does this even mean? Can noise be made until 10PM and then everyone has to reduce their noise? Is the German wording here strange "bis zu zwei Stunden auf 24 Uhr" or does that just mean 10PM?
Proposed translations (English)
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Discussion

Timothy Wood (asker) Jul 23, 2014:
Thank you for your help I appreciate each of your comments and confirmation about the meaning of this sentence. It was the critical piece in the text, so I sort of had to get it right. :)
Bernhard Sulzer Jul 22, 2014:
6.4 versus 6.5 it seems here (6.4), noise is possible until 12, not 10 pm. But why and where - is this in different locales? If "auf" is supposed to mean "before," why not write 10 pm?!
NB: "auf" as "before" here - nah, it would seem more like a dialect use IMHO (so it can mean that, but in an official document - how old is this document?)
Bernhard Sulzer Jul 22, 2014:
@ Timothy see my agree w/ Teresa.
Timothy Wood (asker) Jul 21, 2014:
You are correct That is definitely correct...I was not reading the syntax properly.
Trudy Peters Jul 21, 2014:
You may be parsing it wrong I think it's *Nr. 6.4. TA Lärm*. Der Beginn der Nachtzeit, etc. kann hinausgeschoben werden, nicht der Lärm.

Proposed translations

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siehe unten

can be delayed by up to two hours, to midnight

not sure where you get "delaying noise" - it's official Nachtzeit that can be delayed

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Note added at 5 mins (2014-07-21 20:45:37 GMT)
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OK, I see - they are quoting "TA Lärm" - that's the name of the publication
Note from asker:
Thank you, Ms. Reinhardt. I went with "the official beginning of the night on Friday, Saturday and evenings of holidays can be delayed by two hours up until 12AM"
Peer comment(s):

agree Heike Holthaus
9 mins
Danke, Heike!
agree Trudy Peters
43 mins
Danke, Trudy!
agree Ilse Schwender
1 hr
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agree David Hollywood
2 hrs
Danke, David!
agree Bernhard Sulzer : usually it's lights out at ten, but on Fri and Sat and before holidays, we can party til 12. :)
6 hrs
Danke, Bernhard!
agree Steffen Walter
9 hrs
Danke, Steffen!
agree Ramey Rieger (X)
10 hrs
Danke, Ramey!
agree Armorel Young
11 hrs
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