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German term or phrase:	alles andere als selbstverständlich
English translation:	cannot be taken for granted
Entered by:	Kathryn McFarland

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9:29pm Aug 23, 2005

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German term or phrase: alles andere als selbstverständlich

xx entschloss sich aufgrund der unsicheren
wirtschaftlichen Lage, das Projekt
in zwei Etappen zu realisieren und
mit der zweiten Etappe erst zu beginnen,
wenn auch dort für mindestens
50% der Fläche Mieter gefunden sind.
Was im aktuellen Umfeld *alles andere
als selbstverständlich* ist: Sieben der acht
Bürogebäude der ersten und zweiten
Etappe sind praktisch voll vermietet.

Kathryn McFarland

KudoZ activity
Questions: 992 (16 open)
Answers: 10

New Zealand

cannot be taken for granted

Explanation:
in the current environment
or
anything but obvious/self-evident

Selected response from:

Lisa Davey
United Kingdom

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

cannot be taken for granted

Lisa Davey

3 +3

is not a foregone conclusion

Trudy Peters

4 +1

contrary to expectations

Anne Humphreys

ciò che allo sttao attuale non si riesce proprio a comprendere è come sette ...

anusca

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

cannot be taken for granted

Explanation:
in the current environment
or
anything but obvious/self-evident

Lisa Davey
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks

12 mins confidence:

ciò che allo sttao attuale non si riesce proprio a comprendere è come sette ...

Explanation:
aggiungerei un "già", siano già stati affittati

slt
anusca

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Note added at 15 mins (2005-08-23 21:45:01 GMT)
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sorry, I do not understand how I get to this question, in any case I think it means:

cannot be understood

regards
anusca

anusca
Italy
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

is not a foregone conclusion

Explanation:
..

Trudy Peters
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 50

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

contrary to expectations

Explanation:
here it looks like they're saying that, in spite of the current situation, they have already managed to let most of the property, so although it isn't an exact translation of the phrase, "contrary to expectations" might do the job more neatly.

Anne Humphreys
Germany

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German: alles andere als selbstverständlich

English translation: cannot be taken for granted