Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Romanian term or phrase:
le obtinuse prin nasterea
English translation:
Inherited through...
Romanian term
le obtinuse prin nasterea
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Lara Barnett
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| 5 +2 | had obtained by being born |
crocox
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| 4 +1 | imposed by being born |
Claudia Coja
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Aug 29, 2013 11:09: Lara Barnett Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Annamaria Amik
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Proposed translations
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Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
Inherited through...
"He was obliged to carry out social duties, inherited through (his) noble birth".
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=83HlqTJjLcgC&pg=PA52&lpg=...
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"Slowly the individual's right to be free of INHERITED SOCIAL OBLIGATIONS had gained precedence over the older notion of society's primary claim upon its members."
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=83HlqTJjLcgC&pg=PA52&lpg=...
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"They have tried to justify de Sade’s depravity and his retreat from noblesse oblige - benevolence and honor supposedly inherited through noble birth."
http://www.pasthound.com/topics/Noblesse-oblige?PHPSESSID=37...
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"... ideas which Behn, as a Tory and a Royalist, did not necessarily appreciate, rather favoring the old world tradition of respectability being INHERITED THROUGH NOBLE BIRTH."
http://www.academon.com/essay/aphra-behn-the-widow-ranter-53...
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Not word for word, but SENSE for SENSE.
Native in: Romanian (Variant: Romania)
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English, German to Romanian, and 1 more.
imposed by being born
had obtained by being born
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Note added at 23 minute (2013-08-20 15:19:53 GMT)
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Da Claudia şi Meirs, aveţi dreptate. Mulţumesc.
'...who inherit not only property and traditions but also responsibility for their use.'
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Inheritance_(Socio...
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Alexandranow
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Mulţumesc!
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meirs
: inherited se potrivește mai bine d.p.p.m.
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Mulţumesc
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Angela Öhrman
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Mulţumesc!
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Lara Barnett
: "By being born" is a bit clumsy in terms of grammatical structure here./// I am not sure of grammatical definition here, possibly this is an area for semantics. You "obtain" something "by" a successful achievement, but this has been passed on to person.
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Thanks Lara, could you, please, explain why?
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Discussion
I hope you understand with my vague explanation. It comes down to the meaning of "through". "Through" here means that something has gone through some sort of process or system. The implication is that it has been obtained "through the system of handing down to the next generation". "By" as a preposition is used in a more direct context.
"To obtain from another by coercion or intimidation."
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/extort
"Through" would be a safer preposition to use because using "by" indicates that the subject has made a concerted effort to achieve whatever it is. There may be a more technical way to explain this, but the reason is basically rooted in the usage traditions of our language. Therefore it would just sound a bit odd. It would be understood, but would not flow very well and may sound a bit uneducated.
'...who inherit not only property and traditions but also responsibility for their use.'
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Inheritance_(Socio...