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zweiten Lebensjahrzehnt

English translation: between the ages of 10 and 20


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German term or phrase:im zweiten Lebensjahrzehnt
English translation:between the ages of 10 and 20
Entered by: Hilary Davies Shelby
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12:27 Apr 5, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
German term or phrase: zweiten Lebensjahrzehnt
In a letter by someone talking about a relative suffering from MS:

"Erste Anzeichen beobachteten sie bereits seit ihrem zweiten Lebensjahrzehnt."
Emma Grubb
Local time: 07:20
between the ages of 10-20
Explanation:
"she noticed the first symptoms between the ages of 10-20"...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-04-05 15:36:09 GMT)
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as Nick pointed out, "between the ages of 10 AND 20" is also perfectly valid - may even be grammatically better.
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Hilary Davies Shelby
Local time: 01:20
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6between the ages of 10-20
Hilary Davies Shelby
3 +3in/by her (early) teensxxxFrancis Lee
4 +1second decade of life
oliver05
4 -1in her early twenties
Terence Ajbro


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
in her early twenties


Explanation:
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Terence Ajbro
Local time: 08:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Translator86
0 min
agree  Stephen Sadie
1 min
disagree  Sabine Griebler: das zweite Lebenjahrzehnt dauert von 10-20
15 mins
  -> maths was never my strong side
disagree  Rebecca Garber: That would be the third decade
46 mins
  -> does everyone think this?
disagree  Ian M-H: Not sure about "everyone", but this is the wrong decade IMO.
1 hr
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
second decade of life


Explanation:
erstes Lebensjahrzehnt = 0-10 years of age
zweites Lebensjahrzehnt = 10-20 years of age

and so on...

oliver05
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Schulz
1 hr
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
in/by her (early) teens


Explanation:
Depending on when exactly in that second decade, BUT I think it's safe to assume they mean the first half of her 10s ...

- by her pre-teens
- before she had even reached her teens
- before she was even a teenager

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Note added at 43 mins (2006-04-05 13:11:35 GMT)
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- while still at (grade) school
(although far more speculative and probably too vague or indeed inaccurate)

xxxFrancis Lee
Local time: 08:20
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rebecca Garber
6 mins
agree  franglish
29 mins
neutral  Ian M-H: I like your headline answer, but worry that it doesn't mean exactly the same as the source (i.e. appears more precise but may actually be inaccurate).
1 hr
  -> without further info, my answer(s) was always going to be speculation ;-\
agree  Trudy Peters: w/o the early. She could have been 16 or 17 for all we know. / That's why we should leave out the early. It's assuming more than the original says.
2 hrs
  -> ta - but she could also've been 10-12, which is the problem here
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
between the ages of 10-20


Explanation:
"she noticed the first symptoms between the ages of 10-20"...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-04-05 15:36:09 GMT)
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as Nick pointed out, "between the ages of 10 AND 20" is also perfectly valid - may even be grammatically better.

Hilary Davies Shelby
Local time: 01:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Ward: Sounds more natural this way
21 mins
  -> thanks Rachel! ;-)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans
25 mins
  -> thank you!
agree  Rebecca Garber
29 mins
  -> thanks!
agree  Alison Jenner
45 mins
  -> Thanks Alison
agree  Ian M-H: If we don't have enough information to be more precise, this has to be the way to go. (If we did, Frank's options would be nice.) // Nick is, of course, right about replacing "-" with "_and_" ;-)
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
agree  Laurel Porter: Francis' "teens" is nice, but possibly inaccurate. Yours is the only one that doesn't make assumptions - works for me. :-)
2 hrs
  -> Great, thank you ;-)
neutral  xxxNick Somers: I actually agree but "between 10-20" is one of my pet irritations; it should be "between 10 and 20". Sorry to be a pedant - please feel free to eat, shoot and leave.
2 hrs
  -> i dithered over that for a while too - changed it back and forth - either works ;-)
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