Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
ist auf ... einzuschränken
English translation:
has to be (or must be, should be) limited to
Added to glossary by
Susan Welsh
Sep 23, 2010 17:59
13 yrs ago
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ist auf ... einzuschränken
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grammar question
This question may be non-PRO, but anyway:
I am not sure whether the grammatical form with "zu" means that the action "MUST" be done ("is to be done" in English tends to imply that it "has to be done"), or "is" done. Here's the sentence, and another similar one:
Der Zugriff auf die Administrationswerkzeuge ist auf die berechtigten Administratoren **einzuschränken.**
Die Verzeichnisse und Dateien sind mit restriktiven Zugriffsbeschränkungen **auszustatten.**
Thanks in advance.
I am not sure whether the grammatical form with "zu" means that the action "MUST" be done ("is to be done" in English tends to imply that it "has to be done"), or "is" done. Here's the sentence, and another similar one:
Der Zugriff auf die Administrationswerkzeuge ist auf die berechtigten Administratoren **einzuschränken.**
Die Verzeichnisse und Dateien sind mit restriktiven Zugriffsbeschränkungen **auszustatten.**
Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | has to be limited to |
Melanie Mueller, PhD (X)
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| 4 +2 | should be restricted to |
Andrew Hunt
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| 5 | ist zu |
Ferguson (X)
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Proposed translations
+4
1 min
Selected
has to be limited to
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Note added at 2 mins (2010-09-23 18:01:51 GMT)
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accordingly:
has to be equipped with
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Note added at 2 mins (2010-09-23 18:01:51 GMT)
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accordingly:
has to be equipped with
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Benedetta Bronz
7 mins
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Thanks Benedetta.
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| agree |
Steffen Walter
: must be...
22 mins
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Danke Steffen.
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| agree |
Ted Wozniak
: or must be
27 mins
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Thanks Ted.
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| agree |
Susanne Creak
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everybody. All the proposed answers were pretty much the same, but Melanie was the first. "
8 mins
ist zu
etwas ist ...zu...
something shall / must / has to be...
something shall / must / has to be...
+2
10 mins
Andrew Hunt
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Native English speaker living in Brazil
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Discussion
"is/are restricted" would be expressed in German as "ist/sind beschränkt/eingeschränkt auf"
accordingly: "must feature'= sind auszustatten
feature="sind ausgestattet"