Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Aktualität
English translation:
currency (or rephrase to adjectival form)
Added to glossary by
Mary Worby
Dec 30, 2002 11:46
21 yrs ago
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German term
United Kingdom
Friendly, reliable and accurate!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Aktualität
German to English
Law/Patents
Internet, e-Commerce
website disclaimer
My brain is suffering a post-Christmas fug!
Der Autor übernimmt keinerlei Gewähr für die Aktualität, Korrektheit, Vollständigkeit oder Qualität der bereitgestellten Informationen.
I can't get beyond 'up-to-date-ness'! Which, although it gets some 1500 Googles, is still horrible and I am extremely reticent to use it in a legalese text ...
Any better ideas?
Thanks, folks!
Mary
Der Autor übernimmt keinerlei Gewähr für die Aktualität, Korrektheit, Vollständigkeit oder Qualität der bereitgestellten Informationen.
I can't get beyond 'up-to-date-ness'! Which, although it gets some 1500 Googles, is still horrible and I am extremely reticent to use it in a legalese text ...
Any better ideas?
Thanks, folks!
Mary
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | Try using adjectives? |
Armorel Young
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| 4 +2 | topicality |
writeaway
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| 4 | up to date |
Deborah Shannon
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| 4 | currency |
Dr. Fred Thomson
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| 4 | relevance |
HansBecker
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| 4 | timeliness |
gangels (X)
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| 3 | recency |
Terry Gilman
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| 3 | current relevance |
Cilian O'Tuama
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| 3 -2 | reality |
Ellen Zittinger
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Change log
Jun 12, 2011 15:55: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Internet, e-Commerce"
Proposed translations
+5
2 hrs
Selected
Try using adjectives?
I think you're going to need to play around with this to make it sound right. I'd be tempted towards something like "the author gives no undertaking that the information provided is current, accurate or complete, and he/she is not responsible for its quality".
Go for some lateral thinking!
Go for some lateral thinking!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Armorel, I'd toyed with this sort of solution before posting the question, but hadn't come up with anything as smooth sounding as you proposed. Thanks to everyone else for your suggestions as well, they are very much appreciated. If forced to use a noun form, I think currency, as first suggested by Cilian, would probably have tipped the balance over topicality. Thanks to all for your help and 'einen Guten Rutsch' ;-)"
6 mins
recency
For a legalese context: ...for the recency (or: status), correctness, completeness, or quality ... (to my mind the previous are attributes of quality, but never mind)
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Deborah\'s recast to get to the idiomatic \"up to date\" seems the best to me, and it matches your initial instincts, Mary, but as contritely as possible I\'d also like to suggest \"timeliness.\"
Feeling silly about having suggested \"recency\" (simply for the sake of proposing something not obvious, which, of course, is often self-defeating in translation) and regretting I hadn\'t suggested \"timeliness,\" I did a google check of \"Terms of use\" (+ \"not guarantee\"). Within the 150,000+ hits, there were 14,000 for \"timeliness.\" For example (US):
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) makes available this web site and the information and services contained herein in furtherance of NCTE\'s nonprofit and tax-exempt purposes. While NCTE makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this site, NCTE does not endorse, approve or certify such information, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of such information. Use of such information is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review by qualified experts. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by NCTE.
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Deborah\'s recast to get to the idiomatic \"up to date\" seems the best to me, and it matches your initial instincts, Mary, but as contritely as possible I\'d also like to suggest \"timeliness.\"
Feeling silly about having suggested \"recency\" (simply for the sake of proposing something not obvious, which, of course, is often self-defeating in translation) and regretting I hadn\'t suggested \"timeliness,\" I did a google check of \"Terms of use\" (+ \"not guarantee\"). Within the 150,000+ hits, there were 14,000 for \"timeliness.\" For example (US):
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) makes available this web site and the information and services contained herein in furtherance of NCTE\'s nonprofit and tax-exempt purposes. While NCTE makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this site, NCTE does not endorse, approve or certify such information, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of such information. Use of such information is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review by qualified experts. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by NCTE.
+2
9 mins
topicality
Langenscheidt
.. reserves the right not to be responsible for the topicality, correctness, completeness
or ... only the author of the respective pages might be liable, not the one ...
www.infoserv-consulting.com/hosting/is/website_en.nsf/
urlnames/ws_disclaimer?OpenDocument - 14k
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reserves the right not to be responsible for the topicality, correctness or ... Furthermore 87th scale.info is not liable for any postings or messages published by ...
www.87thscale.info/disclaimer.htm - 10k -
. for the topicality, correctness and completeness of any contents on the web sites linked to or referred to from my pages. I am not liable for statements ...
www.aviation-law.net/links.html - 16k -
.. reserves the right not to be responsible for the topicality, correctness, completeness
or ... only the author of the respective pages might be liable, not the one ...
www.infoserv-consulting.com/hosting/is/website_en.nsf/
urlnames/ws_disclaimer?OpenDocument - 14k
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Note added at 2002-12-30 12:07:30 (GMT)
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reserves the right not to be responsible for the topicality, correctness or ... Furthermore 87th scale.info is not liable for any postings or messages published by ...
www.87thscale.info/disclaimer.htm - 10k -
. for the topicality, correctness and completeness of any contents on the web sites linked to or referred to from my pages. I am not liable for statements ...
www.aviation-law.net/links.html - 16k -
16 mins
Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Quality Translations since 1986
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, German, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
16
current relevance
?
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Note added at 2002-12-30 12:32:44 (GMT)
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or currency
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Note added at 2002-12-30 12:32:44 (GMT)
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or currency
1 hr
Deborah Shannon
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
Published academic translator DE-EN (GB)
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
12
up to date
I agree with Terry that it could be the word "Qualität" causing the real problem here.
Maybe "quality" can be squeezed in beforehand, e.g. "the author does not guarantee the quality of the information provided, nor (does he make any representation) that it is accurate, up to date or complete."
Maybe "quality" can be squeezed in beforehand, e.g. "the author does not guarantee the quality of the information provided, nor (does he make any representation) that it is accurate, up to date or complete."
3 hrs
Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
A lawyer, technician, nuclear power optr
Native in: English
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
currency
This use is not particularly common, but it makes sense and IMO it beats up-to-dateness.
11 hrs
relevance
I think a case could be made for relevance
1 day 3 hrs
timeliness
or 'real-time value'
-2
1 day 8 hrs
Ellen Zittinger
Native in German
&
English
Educator/Realtor/Securities Rep/Agent
Native in: English 
, German
Works in: English to German, German to English
reality
realization, real substance, actual packaging, actualization
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
HansBecker
: No, not here. Qualities of information are relevant
6 hrs
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| disagree |
Kim Metzger
: Another grab bag? Why not try to propose something that would work in this specific case?
990 days
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