Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Liegezeit
English translation:
post-mortem interval
Added to glossary by
Robert M Maier
May 2, 2005 16:45
19 yrs ago
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German term
Liegezeit
German to English
Medical
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
"...dass Verstorbene häufiger erst nach einer längeren *Liegezeit* aufgefunden werden." (aus einem Text über Mumifizierung)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | post-mortem interval |
MMUlr
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| 4 | period of time |
IanW (X)
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| 4 | (considerable) time after/since burial |
Maureen Millington-Brodie
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| 3 | interment |
msherms
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Proposed translations
+3
31 mins
Selected
post-mortem interval
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Darin Fitzpatrick
34 mins
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Thanks.
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msherms
: I think this works out fine!! or perhaps interment???//I agree with you. Due to certain climatic conditions, however, you can find bodies that were previously buried - happens in California BTW where there are mudslides
37 mins
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Thanks - but I don' think that "interment" is correct; you cannot "auffinden" a corpse which has been buried.
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silfilla
: ... and *corpse* for *Leiche*; IMHO "interval" is fine because, if I understand the text correctly, it says nothing about the decedents/corpses having been buried/interred
1 hr
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Thank you.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: ""post-mortem interval" makes the least assumptions about what happened with the deceased since the time of death - which is the crucial point in my context. Other sources have also suggested "time since death", but the Latin phrase suits scientific style (IMHO). Thanks you all!"
6 mins
period of time
I'd just say "period of time" here - I think we can presume that they spent most of their time lying down ...
32 mins
Maureen Millington-Brodie
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Related KudoZ points
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11
(considerable) time after/since burial
2 different contexts given hence brackets & slash
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