aeusserer Rahmen

English translation: underlying conditions

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German term or phrase:	äußerer Rahmen
English translation:	underlying conditions
Entered by:	Steffen Walter

12:56 Jul 9, 2002

German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: aeusserer Rahmen

Title of a chapter as follows:

"Untersuchung des aeusseren Rahmens: die Medienindustrie als Akteur in der Gesellschaft am Beispiel der Copyrigth-Problematik um die technische Norm MP3"

It is fully clear what "äußerer Rahmen" is, but I am having difficulty translating it. I did have "Fundamental Examination:..." but that doesn't seem to reflect the jist here. On the other hand, "... of Outer Framework" seems ridiculous. Can anybody give me some other suggestions?

TIA!

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Local time: 08:31

external (pre)conditions

Explanation:
also: Analysis/Evaluation/Study of External (Pre)conditions

oder external framework
oder external (set of) factors

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Note added at 2002-07-09 13:02:21 (GMT)
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could also be:

Analysis of surrounding/external environment

(if you take environment in a wider sense)

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Note added at 2002-07-09 13:04:00 (GMT)
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Perhaps they even mean \"gesellschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen\", in which case you could translate \"conditions/situation prevalent in society\"

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Note added at 2002-07-09 13:32:53 (GMT)
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Another take:

Analysis/study of underlying situation/conditions

although this does not really convey the \"äußere\" bit

Selected response from:

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 08:31

Grading comment

Thank you for all the suggestions! I used "Analysis of Underlying Conditions" in the end.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

external (pre)conditions

Steffen Walter

Basic framework/situation

Sarah Downing

surrounding framework

Elisabeth Ghysels

framework

kostan

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

external (pre)conditions

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 08:31
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in pair: 12418

Grading comment

Thank you for all the suggestions! I used "Analysis of Underlying Conditions" in the end.

5 mins confidence:

Basic framework/situation

Explanation:
I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but it is certainly used in English. I suspect "basic situation" might also work, but without more context, it's difficult to know.

Sarah Downing
Local time: 02:31
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 247

7 mins confidence:

surrounding framework

Explanation:
may suit you better; otherwise, depending on the exact context, basic framework may also be o.k.
Greetings,

Nikolaus

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Elisabeth Ghysels
Local time: 08:31
PRO pts in pair: 971

15 mins confidence:

framework

Explanation:
Investigation/Examination of the framework....I would not translate "aeussere" as in my opinion framework already includes this (supporting or underlying structure: Oxford Thesaurus)

kostan
Austria
Local time: 08:31
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in pair: 493

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