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sagte

English translation: The Swedish diplomat

05:38 Jan 7, 2005
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Journalism
German term or phrase: sagte
Context: Der leitende schwedische Diplomat in der Ferienstadt Phuket, Christer Asp, sagte der Zeitung "Aftonbladet": "Wenn die Angaben über die Massengräber stimmen, müssen die Leichen wieder ausgegraben werden." Seit der Flutkatastrophe werden in Südasien 702 Schweden vermisst. 52 Todesfälle sind bisher durch die Identifizierung der Opfer bestätigt.
Who „sagte“? “Der Diploma” or “Zeitung“?
TIA!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 23:13
English translation:The Swedish diplomat
Explanation:
The Swedish diplomat... said in an interview with the newspaper:...

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-01-07 05:46:01 GMT)
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In an interview with the Aftonbladet newspaper, the Swedish diplomat Christer Asp said: \"...\"
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Olaf Reibedanz
Colombia
Local time: 10:13
Grading comment
Thanks!
Thank you Xlit for the nice grammatical analysis!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +6The Swedish diplomat
Olaf Reibedanz


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
The Swedish diplomat


Explanation:
The Swedish diplomat... said in an interview with the newspaper:...

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-01-07 05:46:01 GMT)
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In an interview with the Aftonbladet newspaper, the Swedish diplomat Christer Asp said: \"...\"

Olaf Reibedanz
Colombia
Local time: 10:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Grading comment
Thanks!
Thank you Xlit for the nice grammatical analysis!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edith Kelly
13 mins
agree  Mohamed Abdel-Aziz: yeah it's clear.... it's diplomat and not diploma!
15 mins
agree  Anglo-German (X): Vielleicht hat der Diplomat ja ein Diplom.
24 mins
agree  CMJ_Trans (X): you should simply say: CA, the leading Swedish diplomat ..... told the paper "A":
2 hrs
agree  Stendhal
2 hrs
agree  Lucyna Długołęcka
5 hrs
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