01:17 Apr 26, 2005 |
German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / philosophy, literature | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Uschi (Ursula) Walke Local time: 00:07 | ||||||
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4 | to cancel each other out |
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4 | they are not mutually exclusive |
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3 +1 | is not lessened by/is not diminished by |
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3 | curtail |
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3 | being incompatible |
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3 | set off against |
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sich kürzen curtail Explanation: in the sense of "place restrictions on" |
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sich kürzen being incompatible Explanation: Ich deute das mal in Anlehung an die Bruchrechnung: sich kürzen lassen etwas reduzieren oder zum Verschwinden bringen, und zwar weil Zähler & Nenner ein ***gemeinsames Element*** enthalten. Freundschaft kürzt sich nicht gegen Leidenschaft heißt demnach: Freundschaft und Leidenschaft sind zwei grundvverschiedene Dinge Friendship and passion are two very different things. Leidenschaft kürzt sich nicht gegen Schuld. And so are passion and guilt (meaning: they are irreconcilable, incompatible, unable to coexist) Ich habe aber auch ein Beispiel gefunden, in dem der Ausdruck "sich herauskürzen" im Sinne von (so glaube ich) "zum Verschwinden bringen"( reduced) benutzt wird: "Denn in einem solchen Versuch kulminieren die besonderen Aufbau- und Dauerprobleme gleich dreier - zwar jeweils unterschiedlicher, gleichwohl aber ähnlich prekärer - Unternehmungen, deren problematische Charakteristika **sich durch ihre Verbindung miteinander keineswegs herauskürzen**, sondern sich im Gegenteil noch wechselseitig zu einer Spirale (von Quadraturen des Kreises) verstärken können [...] http://www.rli.at/Seiten/natwi/aufbau2.htm |
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sich kürzen to cancel each other out Explanation: so, friendship and passion, passion and guilt can co-exist. Passion does not exclude friendship and guilt does not exclude passion. So I hope. |
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sich kürzen set off against Explanation: I agree with Johanna that this expression is probably taken from the mathematical field: "You cannot set friendship off against passion, nor passion against guilt." |
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they are not mutually exclusive Explanation: my take |
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sich kürzen is not lessened by/is not diminished by Explanation: This was my first thought when I read the sentence above. I don't know that it is incompatible with Johanna's take on the German, either. According to m-w, lessen means: to shrink in size, number, or degree, to lower in status or dignity. Not sure if this fits in the context, though. Reference: http://m-w.com |
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