Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
maßgebend und zwingend bindend
English translation:
applicable and absolutely binding
Added to glossary by
Marcus Malabad
Sep 8, 2002 21:37
21 yrs ago
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German term
Canada
Quality, Accuracy and Experience
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, US) 
, Tagalog
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, French to English, and 4 more.
maßgebend und zwingend bindend
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Safety
safety regulations
Außer dieser Betriebs- und Wartungsanleitung sind die für die Gesamtanlage und den Betreiber geltenden Arbeitsschutz - und Unfallverhütungsvorschriften (UVV), in der jeweils neuesten gültigen Fassung, maßgebend und zwingend bindend.
One might have to convert these adverbs into a noun phrase...
One might have to convert these adverbs into a noun phrase...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | applicable and binding |
Trudy Peters
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| 4 | are appliccable and binding. |
kostan
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| 3 | authoritative and absolutely mandatory |
Kim Metzger
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Proposed translations
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applicable and binding
627 googles for this expression. Don't know about "zwingend." Maybe you could leave out zwingend (?). I'm sure about "binding," though.
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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authoritative and absolutely mandatory
My attempt. I assume a lawyer will be able to improve on it.
Reference:
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are appliccable and binding.
I would ignore the "zwingend bindend" (because if something is "zwingend", it is also "bindend" and the construction is questionable, even in German) and only transalte as "binding" = "verbindlich"
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