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Volljährigkeitseinschätzung

English translation: assessing whether asylum seekers ... are adults or children

22:12 Aug 18, 2021
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments
German term or phrase: Volljährigkeitseinschätzung
Dieses neu entwickelte, mobile Gerät soll unter anderem bei der Volljährigkeitseinschätzung von nach Deutschland eingereisten Flüchtlingen eingesetzt werden.
Anis Esmaeili
English translation:assessing whether asylum seekers ... are adults or children
Explanation:
German compound nouns do not necessarily translate into English as noun phrases. The same applies to your other question (Endgrößenprognose).

Dieses neu entwickelte, mobile Gerät soll unter anderem bei der Volljährigkeitseinschätzung von nach Deutschland eingereisten Flüchtlingen eingesetzt werden.
This recently developed mobile device can be used to assess whether asylum seekers arriving in Germany are adults or children.

'unter anderem' is generally superfluous, but if you are wary of omitting it:
One of the uses for this recently developed mobile device is the assessment of whether asylum seekers arriving in Germany are adults or children.

I don't think it has anything to do with 'age of majority' (voting rights etc). Knowing that children cannot be repatriated, some adult illegal immigrants lie about their age.
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:13
Grading comment
Thank you for the clarification.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2assessing whether asylum seekers ... are adults or children
Lancashireman
4 +1age of majority assessment
Michele Fauble
4 +1assessing the chronological age of asylum seekers
Rama Bhave


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
age of majority assessment


Explanation:
Without further context.

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 02:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! your answer was also helpful :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger
10 mins
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Volljährigkeitseinschätzung von ... eingereisten Flüchtlingen
assessing whether asylum seekers ... are adults or children


Explanation:
German compound nouns do not necessarily translate into English as noun phrases. The same applies to your other question (Endgrößenprognose).

Dieses neu entwickelte, mobile Gerät soll unter anderem bei der Volljährigkeitseinschätzung von nach Deutschland eingereisten Flüchtlingen eingesetzt werden.
This recently developed mobile device can be used to assess whether asylum seekers arriving in Germany are adults or children.

'unter anderem' is generally superfluous, but if you are wary of omitting it:
One of the uses for this recently developed mobile device is the assessment of whether asylum seekers arriving in Germany are adults or children.

I don't think it has anything to do with 'age of majority' (voting rights etc). Knowing that children cannot be repatriated, some adult illegal immigrants lie about their age.

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 47
Grading comment
Thank you for the clarification.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: nice rendering and explanation
52 mins
agree  philgoddard
10 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
assessing the chronological age of asylum seekers


Explanation:
Age assessments generally refer to any procedures used to establish an individual’s chronological age.

Example sentence(s):
  • Assessing Chronological Age of Unaccompanied Minors in Southern Italy
  • There are a variety of methods to assess the chronological ages of minors [1]. From history taking, to a medical examination (physical exam, sexual maturity); the use of official state documents

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6678520/
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51463485_Assessing_Chronological_Age_of_Unaccompanied_Minors_in_Southern_Italy
Rama Bhave
Germany
Local time: 11:13
Native speaker of: Native in MarathiMarathi
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Rama!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adrian MM.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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