durch sein

English translation: has been approved/is approved

02:09 Apr 13, 2017

German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)

German term or phrase: durch sein

The sentence:
Zwischenzeitlich ist seine Verrentung durch.

my translation for now:
"In the meantime, his pension has come through."

This sentence comes from a legal document from Germany, a court ruling in a criminal case. This part of the document is giving some background about the defendant's life history.

So what I'm trying to understand is the phrase "durch sein." I initially understood this to be equivalent to the English phrase "to be through," in other words to be finished to be passed or completed. But I had never seen this phrase used in German. Looking it up on dict.cc, I see the same meaning listed there as the phrase in English has. But based on the context, a man who is nearing retirement, it makes sense to think that this means that his pension has come through, in other words it is now available to him. I couldn't imagine that a German pension would run out, be used up. But I do not see this meaning for the German phrase in this dictionary or anywhere else.

And so based on the context alone, I am imagining it to mean his pension has "come through," is now available to him.

Scott Ellsworth KudoZ activity Questions: 3 (none open) Answers: 4 Malaysia
Local time: 20:50

English translation:has been approved/is approved

Explanation:
I would say

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same as "has come through" but more formal

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and I agree with your understanding of the context

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Note added at 16 mins (2017-04-13 02:25:57 GMT)
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his retirement pension has been approved

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Note added at 28 mins (2017-04-13 02:38:09 GMT)
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"durch" means OK/through in this case but would be better to put it in more formal terms

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has been approved/is approved

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has been approved/is approved

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