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Muffenablage
Aug 5, 2011 10:20
12 yrs ago
German term

stehen das alles zur Disposition

German to English Law/Patents Government / Politics
Jetzt, das sagt der Staatsschützer gleich zu Beginn, stehe das alles zur Disposition. Wie viel Risiko ist dieses Land bereit zu tragen, dafür, dass es regelmäßig auf der Weltrangliste der Demokratien ganz oben steht? "Diese Diskussion wird schon bald geführt werden", prophezeit Fitje
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 All options are still open
3 +2 everything is still up for discussion
3 Everything is up in the air
Change log

Aug 5, 2011 10:27: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Law/Patents" , "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "Government / Politics"

Discussion

Sarah Swift Aug 5, 2011:
I'm with hazmatgerman on this one.
At risk; under threat; in danger...
philgoddard Aug 5, 2011:
Yes, it's "stehe" because it's indirect speech. Otherwise it would be "steht".
BrigitteHilgner Aug 5, 2011:
Lack of understanding I can't help the feeling that you don't understand the syntax: "zur Disposition stehen" would be the infinitive. It basically means that everything (alles) is open for negotiation, that discussions have to/can start about what should be done.

Proposed translations

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All options are still open

In the sense that the country is apparently at some kind of crossroads and needs to decide which path it should take as a leading democracy
Peer comment(s):
agree Jutta Scherer
2 hrs
agree philgoddard : Or on the table.
4 hrs
agree AllegroTrans
4 hrs
agree Horst Huber (X) : Well, sort of, a bit too mild. Is there a pompous way of saying it's all up for grabs?
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7 hrs

everything is still up for discussion

seems like the connotation of the German text is slightly more negative than "open options", which is a pretty upbeat way of saying that nothing has been decided yet. "Everything is still up for discussion" is perhaps a little more neutral.
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : This is a perfectly good answer, and hazmat has misunderstood the meaning of "still".
2 hrs
agree Maria Schmitz : mdhschmitz
2 hrs
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20 hrs

Everything is up in the air

Taking on board all that has been said on the further context of the quote and comments made, perhaps this would be more appropriate.
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