Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
dürfen/müssen in der Regel immer nur
English translation:
Normally,... only have to be
Added to glossary by
David Williams
Jun 18, 2010 09:41
13 yrs ago
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German term
Germany
Scientific & technical expertise
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English
dürfen/müssen in der Regel immer nur
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Software
Data communications
Context:
"Schaltbefehle von Extern dürfen/müssen in der Regel immer nur für Level-1 gesendet werden"
My real problem with this is not really the meaning, but the verbosity and tautology of the German. How can I best express the author's intention clearly and accurately, without making the reader dizzy?
"Schaltbefehle von Extern dürfen/müssen in der Regel immer nur für Level-1 gesendet werden"
My real problem with this is not really the meaning, but the verbosity and tautology of the German. How can I best express the author's intention clearly and accurately, without making the reader dizzy?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Normally,... only have to be |
Darrel Knutson
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| 4 | as a rule, may only |
philgoddard
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| 2 +1 | As a general rule...may(or should)/must be ...for level 1 only |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 3 | may/must only |
J Fox
|
Proposed translations
9 hrs
Darrel Knutson
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Specializes in field
Germany
IT trainer & translator, English teacher
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
16
Selected
Normally,... only have to be
How I would say it in an IT course or write in an American manual. Seems the simplest to me. This combo gets over 27 million matches at Google.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, sounds good to me :-)"
+1
8 mins
Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
As a general rule...may(or should)/must be ...for level 1 only
Hope it fits.
13 mins
may/must only
'in der Regel immer nur' - for me - is the same as 'nur'
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Note added at 21 mins (2010-06-18 10:03:06 GMT)
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Ok, not really the same. But could equally well be expressed in this way, IMHO ;-)
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Note added at 21 mins (2010-06-18 10:03:06 GMT)
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Ok, not really the same. But could equally well be expressed in this way, IMHO ;-)
7 hrs
philgoddard
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
36
as a rule, may only
You don't need to translate dürfen/müssen as two words in English. In fact I'm not sure they're both necessary in German either.
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