Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term
Australia
Sydney-based accredited translator
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, German to English
ausstehend
This is on a medical report from a Swiss hospital relating to a patient with a severe laceration injury.
Does it mean the decision on his inability to work is pending or that his inability to work is ongoing?
| 4 +3 | pending |
David Hollywood
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| 2 +3 | undetermined [or: not known] |
casper (X)
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| 4 +1 | TBD to be determined |
Amanda A
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| 3 | sick note not yet issued |
Gudrun Maydorn (X)
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Non-PRO (1): Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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Proposed translations
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
pending
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Note added at 11 mins (2011-06-23 03:13:14 GMT)
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many years in Germany but the Swiss have wee touches ... nevertheless I would still see this one as "pending"
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Note added at 18 mins (2011-06-23 03:19:32 GMT)
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maybe a Swiss native speaker can clarify or confirm :)
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Note added at 19 mins (2011-06-23 03:20:38 GMT)
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and I accept the differences
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Guereau
: Check IATE: ausstehend, anhängig = pending
2 hrs
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| agree |
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
: http://www.dict.cc/?s=ausstehend
5 hrs
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| agree |
Ramey Rieger (X)
: indubitably
9 hrs
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undetermined [or: not known]
http://en.pons.eu/english-german/undetermined
| agree |
Guereau
: If pending, it may well be also "undetermined"
1 hr
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| agree |
BrigitteHilgner
: I'm not Swiss, but that's how I understand this.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Lirka
: I'm neither Swiss nor German or Austrian, but that's how I understand it, too :):)
13 hrs
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sick note not yet issued
I believe that a doctor's sick note (medical certificate of inability to work) is only issued after a patient has left hospital.
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Note added at 5 Stunden (2011-06-23 08:13:41 GMT)
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(Frage)
Mein Freund wurde holterdipolter ins Krankenhaus verfrachtet.
Ich habe mir dort mühsam eine Bescheinigung über die Aufnahme
erkämpft, jedoch keine AU-Bescheinigung erhalten. Man gab mir
die Auskunft, die Klinik dürfe eine solche Bescheinigung nicht
ausstellen.
(Antwort)
Die Krankenhäuser stellen tatsächlich keine (gelben) Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigungen aus, es sei denn der Krankenhausarzt hat auch gleichzeitig eine Kassenarztpraxis. In so einem Falle ist es auch ratsam, sich an die Krankenkasse zu wenden. Wir erstellen anhand der Aufnahmeanzeige des Krankenhauses entsprechende Bescheinigungen für Arbeitgeber aus.
http://www.wer-weiss-was.de/theme67/article3194308.html
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Note added at 5 Stunden (2011-06-23 08:23:44 GMT)
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From a Swiss website I see that in Switzerland specialist hospitals specifically treating work-related accidents may issue inability to work certificates, so I conclude that all other hospitals may not.
In einer Notaufnahme werden nur Notfälle behandelt. In der Regel erfolgt dort keine gewöhnliche ambulante Betreuung. Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigungen werden nicht ausgestellt. In Kliniken mit unfallchirurgischer Abteilung ist häufig die Behandlung von Arbeitsunfällen (D-Arzt-Verfahren) der Notfallambulanz räumlich angegliedert, wobei von diesen nach Arbeitsunfällen auch Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigungen ausgestellt werden können.
http://www.ekonsil.ch/articles/8472-notaufnahme
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