Oct 18, 2007 08:20
16 yrs ago
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Swedish term
Sweden
25+ years of translation experience
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oöverblickbar
Swedish to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
This text is about "oöverblickbara" industrial collaboration agreements...
I would prefer a concise term, rather than longwinded explanations (ie I know what it means, just need help to find the equivalent English term! )
Thanks!
I would prefer a concise term, rather than longwinded explanations (ie I know what it means, just need help to find the equivalent English term! )
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | impenetrable |
George Hopkins
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| 4 | indigestible |
E2efour (X)
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| 4 | undiscernable |
Hugh Curtis
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| 4 | disarray of {unclear-cut agreements} |
Adrian MM. (X)
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Proposed translations
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33 mins
Selected
impenetrable
As in impenetrable jargon. Unsurveyable.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Christine Andersen
: I thought of overwhelming and maybe obscure, but impenetrable is better in this context.
16 mins
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Thank you Christine.
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| agree |
Kent Andersson
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, all, for your helpful suggestions!"
3 hrs
indigestible
i.e. difficult to absorb or to take in.
A more scholarly word is unassimilable.
A more scholarly word is unassimilable.
1 day 2 hrs
undiscernable
inability to be able to survey or view
4 days
disarray of {unclear-cut agreements}
cf. the German twin of unübersichtlich that would be an apt epithet for the Tizian exhibition at the Art History Museum in Vienna right now.
Example sentence:
Finally, the Algiers Agreement was signed, and this marked the crowning of all ... and Eritrea (UNMEE) for any violations of any obscure agreements. ...
Discussion
Thanks, George, unsurveyable is close...but I think there might be something more apt (though I am not sure!)