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Schreibverkehr

English translation: sending and receiving letters

18:21 Mar 29, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
German term or phrase: Schreibverkehr
"_Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

-Behandlungsvereinbarungen – das Recht auf Selbstbestimmung


-Ihre Rechte auf Schreibverkehr, Empfang von Besuch (soweit es der Hausordnung entspricht) und dem Führen von Telefonaten sind durch die Unterbringung unberührt."

Thank you in advance.
Nadia Said
Local time: 15:38
English translation:sending and receiving letters
Explanation:
I believe this is an alternate form of "Schriftverkehr" - see below

https://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/search?source=auto&q...

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Note added at 6 mins (2019-03-29 18:27:29 GMT)
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And a Duden definition:

https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Schriftverkehr

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Note added at 26 mins (2019-03-29 18:47:29 GMT)
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I would also stress that (in my view) there is no clarity in the German as to whether these letters are kept private, monitored, or otherwise - as it sounds like an in-patient psychiatric facility, I think all we can assume is that this right to correspondence exists, not that the letters themselves will be kept private.

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-03-29 19:24:49 GMT)
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As philgoddard aptly points out, this needn't just be letters: so possibly "sending and receiving written correspondence" might be preferable, offering a suitably catch-all approach to all kinds of communications (while still, emphatically, avoiding any notion of privacy)
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Jennifer Caisley
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:38
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5sending and receiving letters
Jennifer Caisley
5 +1written correspondence
Cillie Swart
3 +2right to private correspondence
Michael Martin, MA
Summary of reference entries provided
correspondence traffic
José Patrício

Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
right to private correspondence


Explanation:
I would say

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 08:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 159

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Arnold (X): my first thought
21 mins
agree  philgoddard
42 mins
neutral  Jennifer Caisley: This is what I'd normally go for, but the German doesn't specify that these letters are kept private, monitored, or otherwise [edit] that's very true - but I can imagine certain cases where it may be necessary for the patient's health!
42 mins
  -> Wouldn't you think a right to sending and receiving letters is worth nothing if they're still allowed to snoop on you?
neutral  Björn Vrooman: Agree with Jennifer; it may be a privately privatized private clinic, but that doesn't make the correspondence private.//Just look at the law I mentioned below. It clearly(!) says correspondence can be monitored. It's ike prison, basically.
1 hr
  -> Sounds almost like a "Life of Others" scenario: Write away - knock yourself out. We'll just open a few of them letters when we please to see what kind of company you're keeping.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
sending and receiving letters


Explanation:
I believe this is an alternate form of "Schriftverkehr" - see below

https://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/search?source=auto&q...

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Note added at 6 mins (2019-03-29 18:27:29 GMT)
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And a Duden definition:

https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Schriftverkehr

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Note added at 26 mins (2019-03-29 18:47:29 GMT)
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I would also stress that (in my view) there is no clarity in the German as to whether these letters are kept private, monitored, or otherwise - as it sounds like an in-patient psychiatric facility, I think all we can assume is that this right to correspondence exists, not that the letters themselves will be kept private.

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-03-29 19:24:49 GMT)
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As philgoddard aptly points out, this needn't just be letters: so possibly "sending and receiving written correspondence" might be preferable, offering a suitably catch-all approach to all kinds of communications (while still, emphatically, avoiding any notion of privacy)

Jennifer Caisley
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ali Göznek
5 mins
  -> Thanks, Ali!
neutral  philgoddard: It presumably includes texts and emails.
43 mins
  -> That's a very good point - thank you! I'll add a note to that effect.
agree  Steffen Walter: See https://www.dgppn.de/schwerpunkte/menschenrechte/uebersicht-... ("Darf der Patient Schrift- und Paketverkehr führen?"). In Germany, applicable legislation differs from one federal state to another.
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Steffen - that's a really helpful link!
agree  Björn Vrooman: Phil's point is really not good, sorry. See section 22 and 23 of Berlin's Gesetz über Hilfen und Schutzmaßnahmen bei psychischen Krankheiten (PsychKG). Section 22 is Schriftverkehr (proves your monitored). Section 23: Telekommunikation (texts + emails!!).
1 hr
  -> How interesting - thank you for such a thorough reference, Björn! (I'd have never found that!)
agree  Ramey Rieger (X)
18 hrs
  -> Thank you, Ramey!
agree  robin25
2 days 19 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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1 day 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
written correspondence


Explanation:
This is about the right to engage in written correspondence.


    Reference: http://www.linguee.com
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 14:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 62

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Steffen Walter: This has been suggested before (see Jennifer's last added note). You could have posted a simple "agree", instead of reinventing the wheel, as it were.
5 hrs
agree  Lirka
2 days 8 hrs
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Reference comments


5 hrs peer agreement (net): -1
Reference: correspondence traffic

Reference information:
korrespondieren
Briefe schreiben/wechseln, im Briefverkehr/Schriftverkehr/Briefwechsel/in Korrespondenz stehen, brieflich/schriftlich verkehren mit, brieflich umgehen, sich schriftlich austauschen, mit jmdm. brieflich in Verbindung stehen, Briefkontakt haben, - https://www.wissen.de/synonym/korrespondieren
Synonyme für Briefverkehr (Schriftverkehr)
13 Synonyme in 2 Bedeutungsgruppen - https://www.synonyme.de/briefverkehr/
the general communications means operational and public correspondence traffic, other than distress, - https://books.google.pt/books?id=lGcyBzUx0xcC&pg=PA311&lpg=P...
The main conclusion of the macro study is that the expected positive relation between development and correspondence traffic that is historically observed it can only be ascertained in connection with the high developed countries. - https://www.repository.utl.pt/handle/10400.5/4272
Mail all Traffic Diversion correspondence to - https://www.wyomingco.net/322/Wyoming-County-Traffic-Diversi...
Licensed undertakings are authorized for the provision of non-reserved postal services, including correspondence, books, catalogues, newspapers and other periodical publications and postal parcels (postal services not covered by the express mail category). - https://www.anacom.pt/streaming/postserv_4th08.pdf?contentId... -

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
disagree  Steffen Walter: Unhelpful and superfluous, as usual.
16 hrs
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