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mit gutem Recht

English translation: with good reason

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German term or phrase:mit gutem Recht
English translation:with good reason
Entered by: italia

20:58 Jan 29, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
German term or phrase: mit gutem Recht
Ein wahrhaft selbstbewusstes Credo, das wir uns auf die Fahne geschrieben
haben. +Mit gutem Recht, so glauben wir+!
and rightly so that's what we hold???
MTIA
italia
Germany
Local time: 12:25
with good reason
Explanation:
With good reason, so we believe!
Selected response from:

Astrid Elke Witte
Germany
Local time: 12:25
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7with good reason
Astrid Elke Witte
4 +2And rightly so...
Lancashireman
2Of this we are convinced
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Of this we are convinced


Explanation:
just an idea

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 63
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
with good reason


Explanation:
With good reason, so we believe!

Astrid Elke Witte
Germany
Local time: 12:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: and we think with good reason
5 mins
  -> Thanks, Jonathan!
agree  Olga Cartlidge: (the implication being that our track record entitles us to come up with such a wording i e "and justifiably so, we believe").
16 mins
  -> Yes, thank you, Olga!
agree  Heinen-Klebes: that's it
16 mins
  -> Thank you, Anja!
agree  Julia Lipeles
43 mins
  -> Thank you, Julia!
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Ingeborg!
agree  casper (X): Good rendering!
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Chetan!
agree  erika rubinstein
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Erika!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
And rightly so...


Explanation:
... in our opinion.

Nothing wrong with the first part of your own suggestion.
However, 'we hold...' has a slightly archaic ring to it, reminiscent of the American Declaration of Independence (1776)
http://www.duke.edu/eng169s2/group1/lex3/self-ev.htm

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 160

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  casper (X): Right, sir!
8 hrs
agree  Olga Cartlidge
1 day 1 hr
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