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veranlassen

English translation: whereupon the accused

15:05 Jan 1, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents
German term or phrase: veranlassen
"Die Mutter der Ehefrau trat daraufhin dazwischen, was den Angeschuldigten veranlasste, ihr mit dem Messer eine Schnittverletzung an der Hand zuzufügen."

Thank you.
Nadia Said
Local time: 14:44
English translation:whereupon the accused
Explanation:
is also causative and gets away from the clumsy *caused* or whatever construction.
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Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 14:44
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Summary of answers provided
4 +9whereupon the accused
Edith Kelly
4 +2causing the accused to ../ inducing the accused to
swisstell
3 +2led to
Armorel Young
4prompted
Trudy Peters
4sentence
gangels (X)
4Thereupon the mother of the man's wife intrervened, which
Dr. Fred Thomson


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
causing the accused to ../ inducing the accused to


Explanation:
the mother of the wife stepped between inducing the accused to

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 3377

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
44 mins
agree  Ellen Zittinger
6 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
led to


Explanation:
which led to the accused cutting her ....

I'd avoid the obvious translation "caused", as the injury isn't a necessary consequence of the dazwischentreten

Armorel Young
Local time: 13:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 4700

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway
9 mins
agree  Claudia Tomaschek
12 mins
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
whereupon the accused


Explanation:
is also causative and gets away from the clumsy *caused* or whatever construction.

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 9253
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Armorel Young: Yes, I think this is better than my own suggestion
3 mins
  -> Thanks.
agree  Lydia Molea
23 mins
agree  Manfred Mondt: Wollte fast fuer Armorel waehlen, aber wie sie selber sagt whereupon ist besser
24 mins
agree  writeaway
35 mins
agree  Susan Geiblinger
57 mins
  -> Hi, thanks folks, thanks again, Amorel, I did not want to take away from your suggestion.
agree  schnuppe
1 hr
  -> Danke.
agree  Teresa Reinhardt
3 hrs
agree  Ellen Zittinger
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Teresa and EZBless. Ohne Europäische Zentralbank, a wild guess.
agree  Giusi Pasi
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, and good morning.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
prompted


Explanation:
which prompted the accused...

But I also like Edith's suggestion.

Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 08:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 3087
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sentence


Explanation:
This caused the wife's mother to intervene, precipitating the defendant to slash her right hand with the knife.

gangels (X)
Local time: 06:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 5559
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Thereupon the mother of the man's wife intrervened, which


Explanation:
resulted in the accused's cutting her on the hand with a knife.
You have all kinds of ways of expressing this event.

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Note added at 2003-01-01 21:18:01 (GMT)
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Or: . .. , the result of whch is that the accused cut her on the hand with a knife.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 06:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 5861
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