von sage und schreibe
English translation: of an inordinate, of an unlikely, of an astounding, of literally
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9 mins
no less than Explanation: You could also say...XXX billion dollars, no less muret sanders |
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14 mins
of an inordinate, of an unlikely, of an astounding, of literally Explanation: Here the von goes with the amount. Sage und schreibe means the author is figuratively saying and writing for you the enormous amount so that you don't think it is a mistake, but it is really this unexpected amount. They had to show in their accounting "a goodwill in the amount of an inordinate X dollars". You could also say "an inordinately high goodwill of X dollars". Goodwill is the value of something like the name of a company. You would pay more for Tim Horton's than Debbie's Doughnuts, and part of it is just the name. All you have to do to translate sage und schreibe is to put something in to say it's shocking or unusual, or take note of this. Best wishes, Nancy |
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40 mins
an amount of no less than XX Billion Dollars Explanation: an amazing amount of XX Billion Dollars sage und schreibe means something amazing, incredible, unbeliebable. In Muret-Sanders I found the following: (in Wendungen wie) das Buch kostet sage und schreibe 100 Mark- the book costs no less than (costs all of) 100 Marks, the book costs 100 Marks, no less. Ich musste sage und schreibe eine Stunde warten I had to wait for a solid hour. From my feeling for what it means, I would translate it as follows:an amazing/unbelievable amount of XX Billion Dollars OR: an amount of no less than . . . Muret-Sanderrs |
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50 mins
an incredible /astonishing XX amount Explanation: I agree with the previous answers, but sage und schreibe also has an element of astonishment at the enormous sum... hope this helps. native German speaker |
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