Beschäftigungsverhältnis geht auf...ab

English translation: I'd say

10:05 Jun 29, 2003

German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents

German term or phrase: Beschäftigungsverhältnis geht auf...ab

"Ihr Beschäftigungsverhältnis geht aus diesem Grunde ab dem...auf die XXX GmbH über".

"Your employment relationship will devolve upon XXX" doesn't seem like decent English at all. Perhaps some paraphrase is called for. Any ideas?

bap

English translation:I'd say

Explanation:
...your status of employment will be transferred to xxx as of xxx/03

Selected response from:

gangels (X)
Local time: 14:54

Grading comment

Thank you very much. I like your answer best, although my feeling is that the original German may also be a bit strange, but perhaps I'm wrong about that.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

For this cause, your employment shall be transferred to..

izy

4 +2

For this reason, your employment will be taken over by....

David Moore (X)

I'd say

gangels (X)

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

For this cause, your employment shall be transferred to..

Explanation:
an idea ;-)

Reference: http://www.amicus-itpa.org//tupe.shtml

izy
Local time: 21:54
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 69

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

For this reason, your employment will be taken over by....

Explanation:
....; presumably, the companies concerned are merging, or one is being taken over by the other, with agreement that all contracts of employment will be respected, and thus "taken over by the...." company in charge.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 22:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 9672

8 hrs confidence:

I'd say

Explanation:
...your status of employment will be transferred to xxx as of xxx/03

gangels (X)
Local time: 14:54
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in pair: 5559

Grading comment

Thank you very much. I like your answer best, although my feeling is that the original German may also be a bit strange, but perhaps I'm wrong about that.

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