German term
Aber es war doch gar keine Vorauszahlung geplan
| 3 +2 | This wasn’t supposed to be paid in advance |
Michael Martin, MA
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| 4 +6 | However, no advance payment was required/asked for |
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| 3 -1 | but there was not foreseen any advance payment |
Ellen Kraus
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Proposed translations
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
This wasn’t supposed to be paid in advance
"...I may be able to match that transaction to this hotel. But then again, this wasn’t supposed to be paid in advance (include an advance payment).."
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
but there was not foreseen any advance payment
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Note added at 34 Min. (2017-06-18 20:00:26 GMT)
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I take it for granted that the German word should read GEPLANT
| Hello, Thanks for this, but I don't understand what you have written. I don't know why |
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Kim Metzger
: Awkward, unnatural English requiring an editor.
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Instead of criticizing it would have been more to the point to provide the asker with a less awkward suggestion.
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AllegroTrans
: Unnatural word order - native English speakers would never write like this; "foreseen" is totally wrong here
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Sorry to contradict, but foreseen is exactly the word which is suitable in cases like the present one. Geplant und vorgesehen sind im Deutschen austauschbar, aber auch im Englischen.
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Eleanore Strauss
: German phrasing... verb in the wrong place... suggest: But no advance payment (in the US it would be down payment) was called for (foreseen may be the right translation but awkward in this context)
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gangels (X)
: envisioned/envisaged is OK, but only clairvoyants 'foresee'
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sorry, but I must consider your comments a joke. do a bit of googling and you´ll know why.
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Annette Christmas
: Well "foreseen" in itself could be used, albeit elsewhere in the sentence, as in: "no advance payment was foreseen", or more likely in this context: "I did not foresee any advance payment". Or envisage. Note subtle diff. in meaning.
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Thank you, anniecd. fully agree with your suggestions and admit the formulation with `"there was .... "to have been a germanism but not that grave to trigger disagrees.
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Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois) 
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
However, no advance payment was required/asked for
| Hello, I think you may be right here. I am confused. As of now, I assume that there is a credit card, according to what I have, that showed a debit in the account, and the customer is relating this to the hotel which was booked by him. After that, he says, what you have written here, that the deposit was not required when booking. Does this makes sense to you? |
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writeaway
: or planned/scheduled. or even budgeted after seeing the first rather confusing question
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thanks
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Michael Martin, MA
: "Geplant" sounds a little odd in this context, too, but this is certainly a reasonable interpretation and rendering
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Eleanore Strauss
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thanks
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Sangeeta Joshi
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Vere Barzilai
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Ramey Rieger (X)
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