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German translation: unterschreiben


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English term or phrase:endorse
German translation:unterschreiben
Entered by: Derek Gill Franßen
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08:49 Aug 25, 2004
English to German translations [PRO]
Other / Driver's license
English term or phrase: endorse
In a driver's license - what does the endorsement of a driver's license involve? - how would this entry be translated? Thanks very much.
Brainstorm
Austria
Local time: 03:01
unterschreiben
Explanation:
I thought "endorsement" was the "signature" = "Unterschrift"... (see definition #4: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english...
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Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 03:01
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Eintragung eines Vermerks
optovision
4 +2unterschreiben
Derek Gill Franßen
4Strafvermerk
Armorel Young
4(eingetragene) Zusatzgenehmigungen/ZusatzkategorienCécile Kellermayr


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Eintragung eines Vermerks


Explanation:
restrictions e.g. person wearing glasses and must carry a spair pair of specs in his car etc.

optovision
Germany
Local time: 03:01
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Derek Gill Franßen: I thought "endorsement" was the "signature", but it seems I was wrong (see Google)... :-)
5 mins
agree  Armorel Young: but endorsements normally refer to driving offences which are recorded in the driving licence
57 mins
  -> then you'd call it Eintrag in das Zentralregister Flensburg where all these nasty points are gathered - when reaching 18 you lose your DL
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
unterschreiben


Explanation:
I thought "endorsement" was the "signature" = "Unterschrift"... (see definition #4: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english...

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 03:01
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PRO pts in category: 44
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Lam: Ich wuerde in diesem Fall auch unterschreiben brauchen. Endorse steht naehmlich auch fuer "ein Dokument auf der Rueckseite beschreiben oder fuer bekraeftigen
1 hr
  -> That's what I thought too... thank you.
agree  Katrin Atienza
13 days
  -> Danke Katrin.
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(eingetragene) Zusatzgenehmigungen/Zusatzkategorien


Explanation:
Keine Einschränkungen (= restrictions; die gibt es auch), sondern
zusätzliche Genehmigungen, bestimmte Fahrzeuge zu lenken (als Ergänzung zu den Kategorien A,B,C,D,E)

Der Link gibt sehr gut Aufschluss darüber:


    Reference: http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/ddl/dlclass.html#endorse
Cécile Kellermayr
Austria
Local time: 03:01
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Strafvermerk


Explanation:
Endorsement can have different meanings - it can refer to a note being added to your licence to say, for example, that you are qualified to drive an additional class of vehicle - but the more usual meaning of the word is that an endorsement is a record of penalties for driving offences. If you are convicted of a motoring offence your licence is endorsed to record the fact. Hopefully your context will make clear which sense the word is being used in in your text.

Armorel Young
Local time: 02:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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