Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Unbedenklichkeit ablief
English translation:
before the period of clearance expired
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Timoshka
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German term
Unbedenklichkeit ablief
German to English
Social Sciences
History
From a letter written in March of 1939 by a Jewish man in Zürich, Switzerland to a friend in London, concerning his family’s difficulty getting from Austria to Switzerland to join him:
“Wie Sie von Herrn X. erfahren werden haben, hatten meine Frau und Tochter große Schwierigkeiten in die Schweiz zu reisen, und kamen doch im letzten Moment, bevor die Unbedenklichkeit ablief, her.”
"As you will have heard from Mr. X., my wife and daughter had great difficulties traveling into Switzerland, but came here at the last moment, before the _________ _______."
“Wie Sie von Herrn X. erfahren werden haben, hatten meine Frau und Tochter große Schwierigkeiten in die Schweiz zu reisen, und kamen doch im letzten Moment, bevor die Unbedenklichkeit ablief, her.”
"As you will have heard from Mr. X., my wife and daughter had great difficulties traveling into Switzerland, but came here at the last moment, before the _________ _______."
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | before the period of clearance expired | Sam Habach |
Proposed translations
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3 hrs
German term (edited):
bevor die Unbedenklichkeit ablief
Selected
before the period of clearance expired
I think this makes the most sense, given the context.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Adrian MM.
: better than the suggestions here> https://www.proz.com/kudoz/german-to-english/law-patents/134...
1 hr
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agree |
Simon Vigneault
5 hrs
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neutral |
philgoddard
: But what does clearance mean?
13 hrs
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agree |
Megan Falk
: I think this response works well, another possibility could be "before the safety period comes to an end"
132 days
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