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Impressum

English translation: Legal Notice

08:36 Aug 14, 2009

German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Internet, e-Commerce / Website

German term or phrase: Impressum

Wie würden sie den Begriff "Impressum" ins Englische übersetzen, ich habe bei leo, dict, etc nachgeschaut und dort wurde unterschiedlichen Meinungen bzw. Übersetzungen angegeben.

felixyomi KudoZ activity Questions: 6 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 0 Germany
Local time: 11:01

English translation:Legal Notice

Explanation:
The web ref below supplies some interesting information on this.

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Martin Robinshaw
Germany
Local time: 10:01

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +7

Legal Notice

Martin Robinshaw

4 +4

Credits

Richard Stephen

3 -3

impressum

AbdulRahiem Dubelaar

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Credits

Explanation:
This is what you often see in English sites and what I usually use.

Richard Stephen
Germany
Local time: 11:01
Native speaker of:

English

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -3

impressum

Explanation:
Ich würde es überhaupt nicht übersetzen. Es ist als lateinischer Ausdruck in der Buchdruckerei bekannt. Aber wenn es unbedingt sein muss, dürfte "imprint" verwendet werden.

AbdulRahiem Dubelaar
Kuwait
Local time: 13:01
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

English

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

Legal Notice

Explanation:
The web ref below supplies some interesting information on this.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressum

Martin Robinshaw
Germany
Local time: 10:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

Richard Stephen: Good reference!

6 hrs

agree

Andrew Swift: This more accurately reflects the compliance aspect. The current favourite ('Credits') seems to imply that the site owner is enthusiastic about revealing details of who can be sued and where summonses should be sent.

9 hrs

agree

Woodstock: With Andrew. This is also what I use, or sometimes just "Contact" as the Americans often do, depending on the information on that page.

10 hrs

agree

Bernd Runge: Since you kind of used my answer disguised as a discussion entry ;-)

22 hrs

-> Bernd, you can be quite sure that as I made my entry, I had not seen yours - I gave up competative sport many moons ago ;-))

agree

Anne-Marie Grant

1 day7 hrs

agree