Jul 16, 2004 05:50
20 yrs ago
German term
Ehrenhaft (noun)
German to English
Art/Literary
History
military/legal
Text on Roman History:
... und starb spaeter in roemischer Ehrenhaft.
... und starb spaeter in roemischer Ehrenhaft.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | hono(u)rable custody |
Christian
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| 5 +2 | honorary detention |
Ingrid Blank
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| 2 | confined to house arrest by the Romans |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
6 mins
Selected
hono(u)rable custody
"This man, Bosnian of birth, had first been in ***honorable custody*** in the castle of Wiener Neustadt; ..."
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Note added at 34 mins (2004-07-16 06:25:34 GMT)
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Here is another interesting link:
\"Now, it was agreed with Gaveston that he should be taken to the Castle of Wallingford, and there kept in ***honorable custody***.\"
http://www.google.de/search?q=cache:rHOb0bksIisJ:www.puritan...
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Note added at 34 mins (2004-07-16 06:25:34 GMT)
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Here is another interesting link:
\"Now, it was agreed with Gaveston that he should be taken to the Castle of Wallingford, and there kept in ***honorable custody***.\"
http://www.google.de/search?q=cache:rHOb0bksIisJ:www.puritan...
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you. I am not convinced about any of the answers, but have no better solution either. 'Honorary detention' sprang to mind first, but I discarded it because it is virtually a contradiction in terms."
+2
11 mins
honorary detention
At the worst, they were given honorary detention. The pacifist mentality
was openly cited by German courts as a grounds for clemency. ...
www.ety.com/HRP/booksonline/mythos/mythosb3chap04.htm - 64k
was openly cited by German courts as a grounds for clemency. ...
www.ety.com/HRP/booksonline/mythos/mythosb3chap04.htm - 64k
1 hr
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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47
confined to house arrest by the Romans
another way to go
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