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oöverblickbar

English translation: impenetrable

08:20 Oct 18, 2007
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Swedish term or phrase: oöverblickbar
This text is about "oöverblickbara" industrial collaboration agreements...

I would prefer a concise term, rather than longwinded explanations (ie I know what it means, just need help to find the equivalent English term! )

Thanks!
Susanne Lomander
Sweden
Local time: 15:22
English translation:impenetrable
Explanation:
As in impenetrable jargon. Unsurveyable.
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George Hopkins
Local time: 15:22
Grading comment
Thanks, all, for your helpful suggestions!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2impenetrable
George Hopkins
4indigestible
E2efour (X)
4undiscernable
Hugh Curtis
4disarray of {unclear-cut agreements}
Adrian MM. (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
impenetrable


Explanation:
As in impenetrable jargon. Unsurveyable.

George Hopkins
Local time: 15:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 39
Grading comment
Thanks, all, for your helpful suggestions!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen: I thought of overwhelming and maybe obscure, but impenetrable is better in this context.
16 mins
  -> Thank you Christine.
agree  Kent Andersson
5 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
indigestible


Explanation:
i.e. difficult to absorb or to take in.
A more scholarly word is unassimilable.

E2efour (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 42
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
undiscernable


Explanation:
inability to be able to survey or view

Hugh Curtis
Local time: 15:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 41
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
disarray of {unclear-cut agreements}


Explanation:
cf. the German twin of unübersichtlich that would be an apt epithet for the Tizian exhibition at the Art History Museum in Vienna right now.



Example sentence(s):
  • Finally, the Algiers Agreement was signed, and this marked the crowning of all ... and Eritrea (UNMEE) for any violations of any obscure agreements. ...

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Adrian MM. (X)
Local time: 15:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 266
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