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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Fantasy novel | | German term or phrase: für etwas einstehen | This is another section from the fantasy novel where I'm not sure that I quite understand what the author's getting at. "They" here are a race of people. Sapius is not one of them but is helping them:
"Sapius schüttelte den Gedanken an das möglicherweise Bevorstehende ab, wie sollten sie auch erkennen können, was hinter dem Ganzen steckte und wozu dieser Krieg eigentlich diente. Ein einziges Ablenkungsmanöver vom Wesentlichen. Sie wussten nicht, was geschah oder warum oder für was sie **einstanden**." |
|  Rachel WardKudoZ activityQuestions: 412 (none open) ( 8 closed without grading) Answers: 67
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| | to risk something* for something / vouch for | Explanation:
depends. But maybe a little stronger than just "stand for".
*as in: to risk one's neck for something
or:
to defend something
here: didn't know what ... they were fighting for, defending, risking their neck for...
http://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/DE/Rede/2007/02/2007-0...
Alle müssen deutlich machen, wofür wir einstehen – für Frieden und für Sicherheit. Dabei ist uns Kuwait ein guter Partner. Dafür möchte ich danken.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2007-08-22 22:48:26 GMT)
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http://www.eirene.org/fix/files/Kindling_RB2_Oktober06.pdf
Die wenigen Frauen, die aktiv und
öffentlich für ihre Rechte einstehen,
scheinen vielen Männern hier tatsächlich
Angst zu machen.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2007-08-22 23:07:42 GMT)
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or maybe:
...stick their necks out |
| Selected response from:
Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 08:18
| Grading comment Aha! Light dawns! Thanks both but this fits better I think.
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The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +8
