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drohenden Klagen

English translation: potential court cases


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German term or phrase:drohenden Klagen
English translation:potential court cases
Entered by: Kathryn McFarland
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20:18 Jun 6, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Insurance
German term or phrase: drohenden Klagen
Zur Feststellung 3.4 Berücksichtigung der Anzahl Rechtsfälle (S. 14 oben), ergänzt Herr xx auf Frage von Herrn xx, dass es sich hierbei um die für das Unternehmen strategisch bedeutsamen Rechtsstreitigkeiten und drohenden Klagen handle.

In the meeting minutes of an insurance company.
Kathryn McFarland
potential court cases
Explanation:
They may be idle threats so they are not necessarily '(im)pending'.
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Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:28
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1impneding (law) suitsTeresa Reinhardt
3 +1potential court casesAndrew Swift
3grievancexxxF Schultze


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
impneding (law) suits


Explanation:
might work

Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 01:28
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julia Lipeles: imp*en*ding
5 mins
  -> Thanks, Julia, much improved!
neutral  xxxF Schultze: law suits would be a pleonasm since it is already covered by Rechtsstreitichkeiten.
1 hr
  -> Don't agree, Rechtstreitigkeiten do not need to be in court whereas lawsuits/Klagenare
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
grievance


Explanation:
I would omit drohenden. It wouldn't work to translate it literally. And it is somewhat implied in the grievance. Besides, when looking at the parallel Rechtsstreitigkeiten - Klagen and bedeutsamen - drohenden, I understand drohenden as a threat to their business. But I may be overinterpreting.

xxxF Schultze
United States
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Teresa Reinhardt: in the US, grievances in this context would be limited to labor law//That still would not be a Klage
47 mins
  -> Not so. You can have grievances against insurance companies too, and against lawyers and against a landlord and against a town or a county or a state or a government (even if you are not employed by them) and probably many more. And in the US too.
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
potential court cases


Explanation:
They may be idle threats so they are not necessarily '(im)pending'.

Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 100
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lori Dendy-Molz: or 'potential lawsuits'
8 hrs
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