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alleine zwischen Eltern und Kindern

English translation: the relation between ... alone is complicated enough

09:07 Jul 13, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
German term or phrase: alleine zwischen Eltern und Kindern
Der ganze Satz lautet: "Es ist ein so kompliziertes Gefüge von Beziehungen, alleine zwischen Eltern und Kindern."
Nicole Trebbin
Germany
Local time: 02:21
English translation:the relation between ... alone is complicated enough
Explanation:
...

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Note added at 52 mins (2008-07-13 10:00:18 GMT)
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das ganze Gefüge ist kompliziert, angefangen bei .... (um gleich die erste schwierige Beziehung zu nennen)

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Note added at 2 days22 hrs (2008-07-16 07:57:39 GMT)
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Vorschlag für den ganzen Satz:
It is such a complicated structure of relationships, (yet) the relations between parents and children alone are tangled (?)enough
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Regina Eichstaedter
Local time: 02:21
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6the relation between ... alone is complicated enough
Regina Eichstaedter
3(family)... is, in itself, (such) a complex microcosm of relationships between parents and children.
Lingua.Franca
3 -1The structure of relationships between parents and their children alone is already complicated
franglish


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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
The structure of relationships between parents and their children alone is already complicated


Explanation:
implying, without taking into account other considerations

franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 02:21
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.: Kudoz is a terminology context, not a translation one... In Answer only asked terms, not complete sentence.
46 mins
  -> the word order differs, but it's true that not the whole sentence was needed
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
the relation between ... alone is complicated enough


Explanation:
...

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Note added at 52 mins (2008-07-13 10:00:18 GMT)
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das ganze Gefüge ist kompliziert, angefangen bei .... (um gleich die erste schwierige Beziehung zu nennen)

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Note added at 2 days22 hrs (2008-07-16 07:57:39 GMT)
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Vorschlag für den ganzen Satz:
It is such a complicated structure of relationships, (yet) the relations between parents and children alone are tangled (?)enough

Regina Eichstaedter
Local time: 02:21
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 13
Grading comment
Thank you!
Notes to answerer
Asker: My sentence starts as follows: "It is something about the family. It is such a complicated structure of relationships," alleine zwischen Eltern und Kindern. - How can I keep up the first part of my sentence and then adding your suggestion? I don't make it. :-(


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sylvie malich (X)
1 hr
  -> danke, Sylvie!
agree  Susan Zimmer
1 hr
  -> danke, Susie!
agree  Helen Shiner
2 hrs
  -> danke, Helen!
agree  Nicole Schnell
2 hrs
  -> danke, Nicole!
agree  Richard Benham: One caveat: rather than "the relation" (which one?), it should be "relations". (And "are" instead of "is".)
7 hrs
  -> du hast Recht, "relations are" ist genauer! Danke, Richard !
agree  Julia Lipeles
9 hrs
  -> danke, Julia!
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(family)... is, in itself, (such) a complex microcosm of relationships between parents and children.


Explanation:
I know I'm going against the six "agrees" of Regina, but I've been thinking about it for too long to let it go. It's worth a shot.

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Note added at 2 days23 hrs (2008-07-16 08:35:14 GMT)
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Full sentence: It is something about the family, which is, in itself, a complex microcosm of relationships between parents and children.

You can skip "which is", and write: "It is something about the family, in itself a complex microcosm of relationships between parents and children."

Lingua.Franca
Spain
Local time: 02:21
Native speaker of: English
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