English term
Austria
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 3 more.
to be at arm's length
Zielgruppe: Investoren
Vielen Dank für die Hilfe!
| 5 | sich auf gleicher Augenhoehe befinden |
Albert Fischer (Dipl. Jur., LL.B., BDÜ)
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| 4 -3 | in Reichweite sein |
Reinhold Wehrmann
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Non-PRO (1): Katja Schoone
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Proposed translations
South Africa
High quality, fast, reliable, ...
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, English to German, English to Afrikaans, and 3 more.
in Reichweite sein
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Thomas Giebler
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Danke Thomas!
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Steffen Walter
: Nein - "to be at arm's length" bedeutet, dass die Vertragspartner eine Geschäftsbeziehung zu "fremdüblichen/marktüblichen Konditionen" eingegangen sind. Siehe zahlreiche Glossareinträge zu "arm's length".
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adamgajlewicz
: Sorry, but I think it means they are operating "in marktüblicher Weise", "auf rein geschäftlicher Basis", as unaffiliated entities or just using free market prices and all...
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Katja Schoone
: Nein, das heißt hier einfach marktüblich
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Albert Fischer (Dipl. Jur., LL.B., BDÜ)
: Marktüblich? M.E. in diesem Kontext falsch.
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Germany
Albert Fischer (Dipl. Jur., LL.B., BDÜ)
Sworn (Munich), UK+German law degrees
Native in: English , German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to English, and 1 more.
sich auf gleicher Augenhoehe befinden
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-01-25 10:01:06 GMT)
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"Abschluss wie mit unabhängigen Dritten" geht ja so in diese Richtung. Es gibt also kein Ueber- Unterordnungsverhaeltnis.
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/976471
Reference comments
Germany
Top-Notch Service | Direct Clients Only
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 1 more.
Siehe zahlreiche frühere Fragen
(Aber warum sich überhaupt vor dem Stellen von Fragen die Mühe machen?)
Drei Beispiele für "at arm's length":
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/976471
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/finance_general/...
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/finance_general/...
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Katja Schoone
: oder auch ganz einfach hier: http://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch?sourceoverride=englis...
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Albert Fischer (Dipl. Jur., LL.B., BDÜ)
: Heh, nee Katja, so einfach ist das nicht :)
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Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
according to Webster
a distance preventing or excluding personal contact, familiarity, or intimacy *pompous and ornate and keeps us stiffly at arm's length— Virginia Woolf*; specifically : the condition or fact that the parties to a transaction or negotiation are independent and that one does not dominate the other *sale at arm's length* *arm's-length bargaining*
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