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innerhalb der letzten sechs Monate vor Ablauf von fünf Jahren seit

English translation: during the last six months of the five year period following...

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German term or phrase:innerhalb der letzten sechs Monate vor Ablauf von fünf Jahren seit
English translation:during the last six months of the five year period following...
Entered by: Jo Bennett

17:32 Mar 12, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Election of members of General Meeting
German term or phrase: innerhalb der letzten sechs Monate vor Ablauf von fünf Jahren seit
Context: Die Wahlfrist muss innerhalb der letzten sechs Monate vor Ablauf von fünf Jahren seit der letzten konstituierenden Sitzung enden. Can someone help me disentangle the exact timescale that is being stipulated here please?
Jo Bennett
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:10
during the last six months of the five year period following...
Explanation:
As Birgit says between 41/" and 5 years after the last meeting, but phrased slightly differently

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-12 19:00:03 GMT)
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Sorry between 4 1/2 and 5 years
Selected response from:

Nicola Wood
Austria
Local time: 11:10
Grading comment
Many thanks Nicola, I used your proposed translation. And thanks to everyone who contributed to the vigorous discussion - it all helped! Jo
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7within the last six month before the expiry of five years since [the last meeting]
Birgit Gläser
4 +6during the last six months of the five year period following...
Nicola Wood
4 -1within six months of the end of the five-year term of
Susan Welsh
5 -4within the six months ending the date the five-year period elapses
Rosa Paredes


  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
within the last six month before the expiry of five years since [the last meeting]


Explanation:
if there is a "five-year period" defined somwhere in the text, I'd even refer to a five-year period.

In other words beween 4 1/2 and 5 years after the last meeting ;-)

Birgit Gläser
Germany
Local time: 11:10
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frank Thomas: Genau
1 min
agree  Nicola Wood: Yes, but months in the plural.
1 hr
agree  David Moore (X)
1 hr
agree  Steffen Walter: also with Nicola
1 hr
agree  epheidelberg: I agree, but not with your main suggestion, rather with the phrase in your explanation "must end between 4 1/2 and 5 years after the last meeting"
2 hrs
agree  Eike Katharina Adari-von Kleist (X)
14 hrs
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
1 day 2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
during the last six months of the five year period following...


Explanation:
As Birgit says between 41/" and 5 years after the last meeting, but phrased slightly differently

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-12 19:00:03 GMT)
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Sorry between 4 1/2 and 5 years


Nicola Wood
Austria
Local time: 11:10
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Many thanks Nicola, I used your proposed translation. And thanks to everyone who contributed to the vigorous discussion - it all helped! Jo

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Armorel Young: yes, this is neater phrasing
23 mins
  -> Thank you, Amorel.
agree  Steffen Walter
32 mins
  -> Thank you, Steffen.
agree  Inge Meinzer: nice!
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Inge.
disagree  Rosa Paredes: 'during'is wrong, sorry
3 hrs
  -> I beg to disagree! I think in this case within and during are pretty well synonymous, though I would agree you could not always interchange them.
agree  philgoddard: During is not wrong.
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Phil.
agree  Wendy Streitparth: precisely
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, Wendy
agree  Kim Metzger
21 hrs
  -> Thank you, Kim.
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thank you, sibsab.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
within six months of the end of the five-year term of


Explanation:
...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-03-12 19:54:28 GMT)
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That's how I understand it ("within the final six months of the five-year period since").

Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 05:10
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: Makes sense in the wider context - thanks.

Asker: So are we talking about "within the final six months of the five year period since" ?

Asker: The Wahlfrist is elsewhere defined as "die Frist, in welcher die Stimmen ... eingehen müssen", in case that helps.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Lewin: flows much better
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
neutral  Nicola Wood: this could mean within six months after the five-year term is over, rather than before it expires
1 hr
  -> True. It could be "...six months before the end..." Thanks
disagree  philgoddard: Not "could mean", "does mean".
1 hr
  -> Not in my neck of the woods, but disagreement is the spice of life. Oder?
disagree  David Moore (X): This allows the election to be held five and a half years after the previous "sitting", and is not what I understand the German to say.
1 hr
  -> See my answer to Nicola, above.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -4
within the six months ending the date the five-year period elapses


Explanation:
That is what it means.

Rosa Paredes
Canada
Local time: 05:10
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  writeaway: sorry, but 'within the six months ending the date' isn't really English
11 hrs
disagree  Kim Metzger: Makes no sense. The CL 5 is misplaced.
14 hrs
disagree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD: with Kim
21 hrs
disagree  Cilian O'Tuama: native English this is not
1 day 3 hrs
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