auf Sicht

English translation: in the foreseeable future/in the future

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German term or phrase:	auf Sicht
English translation:	in the foreseeable future/in the future
Entered by:	David Williams

08:16 Jan 13, 2010

German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / perspectives/forecasting

German term or phrase: auf Sicht

Context:

Diese Region behauptet sich derzeit noch auf dem vierten Platz. Die vom deutschen Gesetzgeber eingeführten Sachkundenachweise beim Umgang mit ... und eine bereits bestehende Ausrüstungspflicht könnte sich auf Sicht allerdings negativ auswirken.

Does this implicitly mean "auf kurze Sicht" or "auf lange Sicht" or is it impossible to tell?

Obviously, it isn't being used in the aeronautical/navigational sense, as in the existing KudoZ questions:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/aerospace_aviati...

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/tech_engineering...

David Williams KudoZ activity Questions: 1637 (5 open) (1 without valid answers) (89 closed without grading) Answers: 484 Germany
Local time: 09:38

foreseeable future

Explanation:
I would tend to associate "Sicht" with "foreseeable"

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Thanks, Dave

Selected response from:

Rolf Keiser
Switzerland
Local time: 09:38

Grading comment

Thanks, everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +1

in the future

Elvira Schmid

3 +1

foreseeable future

Rolf Keiser

2 +1

on closer investigation

British Diana

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

in the future

Explanation:
would say it does not imply "lange Sicht" or "kurze Sicht", but only "in the future"

Elvira Schmid
Italy
Local time: 09:38
Native speaker of: German

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

on closer investigation

Explanation:
It might possibly be an unusal synonym for "näher besehen" and would translate as "on closer investigation" or "seen more closely".
But I'm not really sure ....

British Diana
Germany
Local time: 09:38
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 3

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

foreseeable future

Rolf Keiser
Switzerland
Local time: 09:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks, everyone!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Yes, as Thomas Pfann also mentioned in the discussion, that sounds a plausible option.

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