Jan 1, 2003 23:37
21 yrs ago
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German term
Keim (Gefahr) des immer weiteren Umsichgreifens
German to English
Law/Patents
unfair competition
Sentence is : Zum anderen folge die Sittenwidrigkeit aus einem weiteren Aspekt, der Gefahr des immer weitern Umsichgreifens.
It is from a paper about BGH decisions in relation to Art 1 UWG for direct marketing methods. Does anyone know a more elegant and shorter translation than the 'danger of being increasingly prevalent/widespread? Is there an equivalent English legal term? Thanks for any suggestions.
It is from a paper about BGH decisions in relation to Art 1 UWG for direct marketing methods. Does anyone know a more elegant and shorter translation than the 'danger of being increasingly prevalent/widespread? Is there an equivalent English legal term? Thanks for any suggestions.
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the threat of it becoming increasingly commonplace
or: the threat of it taking further hold
Conversely, this nuisance practice flows from another aspect, viz. the threat of it becoming increasingly commonplace
or: becoming entrenched
or: the threat of it taking further hold
Conversely, this nuisance practice flows from another aspect, viz. the threat of it becoming increasingly commonplace
or: becoming entrenched
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Comment: "Thanks for all the responses, I like the other suggestions, too, and found it difficult to make up my mind."
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Elisabeth Ghysels
Works in: German to English, English to German, Italian to German, and 36 more.
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971
the risk of the steady propagation (of the method, probably)
or just "spreading" instead of "propagation".
Greetings,
Nikolaus
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or
\"the risk of continual spreading\"
Greetings,
Nikolaus
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or
\"the risk of continual spreading\"
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the danger of (uncontrolled) proliferation
and have a good 2003!
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William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
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1734
the threat of expansion
or "the threatening [menacing] expansion
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\"the danger of spreading\"
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\"the danger of spreading\"
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the danger of swamping (the market)
"There are dangers as well as opportunities in stock. I take seriously Rick Goodale’s reservations about over-exposure. To earn large sums you have to sell a lot of images lots of times; and there must be a danger of swamping the market for new work."
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