Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
der Kampf gegen die Last der Verhältnisse
English translation:
struggling against the odds / battling the odds
Added to glossary by
Ken Cox
Nov 21, 2005 21:23
18 yrs ago
German term
die Last der Verhältnisse
German to English
Social Sciences
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
"wer arm ist, für den ist die Suche nach dem Glück auch immer der Kampf gegen die Last der Verhältnisse"
Text about life in Cuba
Text about life in Cuba
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | struggling against the odds / battling the odds |
Ken Cox
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| 4 | burden of conditions |
Kim Metzger
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| 4 | onerousness of circumstances |
swisstell
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| 3 | (the burden of their) plight |
Francis Lee (X)
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Proposed translations
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40 mins
German term (edited):
der Kampf gegen die Last der Verh�ltnisse
Selected
struggling against the odds / battling the odds
if you want a freer translation
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Comment: ""Battling the odds" fits very nicely. Thanks!"
5 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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German term (edited):
die Last der Verh�ltnisse
burden of conditions
"An end to injustice," by Congressman Dennis Kucinich [01:26 PM]
In the shadow of the Capitol dome, thousands of DC residents live with the burden of conditions that have no place in the strongest, wealthiest nation in the world. Poverty. Illiteracy. HIV infection rates 10 times the national average. No public hospital. Substandard housing. Crumbling schools.
http://blog.letsfreedc.org/index.php?poster=7
16 mins
German term (edited):
die Last der Verh�ltnisse
onerousness of circumstances
onerousness may be a notch more negative than merely "burden"
- what else can one say about life in Cuba?sd
- what else can one say about life in Cuba?sd
12 hrs
German term (edited):
die Last der Verh�ltnisse
(the burden of their) plight
i.e. ... is/involves a struggle with their plight
You could also say "the burden of their plight" ...
You could also say "the burden of their plight" ...
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