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shall

German translation: muss

21:48 Jun 3, 2013
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Food & Drink / Lebensmittelbestanteile
English term or phrase: shall
Auf einem Material Safety Data Sheet. Der Kontext: "This material #shall# be of food grade, processed and packed under modern sanitary conditions in accordance with good manufacturing practices." Soll, muss, wird, hat zu sein? Wer weiß was?
Marinus Vesseur
Canada
Local time: 18:42
German translation:muss
Explanation:
...is my immediate reaction. It is an ingredient (Zutat), and it "shall" be means it is imperative that it is.

Obviously, if it's going into something to be ingested, it would be, wouldn't it?
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David Moore (X)
Local time: 03:42
Grading comment
Thanks very much. Elsewhere I heard that it could be dropped entirely.. it simply is (and will continue to be) a food grade product. This is a statement from the producer, after all.
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4 +6muss
David Moore (X)
3wird
DERDOKTOR


Discussion entries: 2





  

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wird


Explanation:
das Material wird von Lebensmittelqualität sein..

Dieser Teil der Übereinkunft oder Zusicherung ist eine conditio sine qua non.

DERDOKTOR
Local time: 03:42
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  mrmp: kann man so sagen, aber um mögliche Missverständnisse (wird vermutlich, wird i.a., ...) auszuschließen, würde ich gerade wegen der conditio sine qua non definitiv "muss ... sein" verwenden, "soll" ist zu schwach, "hat zu sein" gleichbedeutend mit "muss".
1 hr
neutral  Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.: 'Shall' bei solchen Formulierungen ist fast immer eine Anweisung, die mit „hat xxx zu sein/müssen“ oder - seltener mit „soll“ wiedergegeben werden kann; der zukunftsorientierte Aspekt (I shall be on time) greift hier nicht wirklich.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
muss


Explanation:
...is my immediate reaction. It is an ingredient (Zutat), and it "shall" be means it is imperative that it is.

Obviously, if it's going into something to be ingested, it would be, wouldn't it?

David Moore (X)
Local time: 03:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
Thanks very much. Elsewhere I heard that it could be dropped entirely.. it simply is (and will continue to be) a food grade product. This is a statement from the producer, after all.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katja Schoone: Ja, ist das typische "Vertrags-Shall"
21 mins
agree  Ruth Wöhlk: wie immer
25 mins
agree  Sybille Brückner
57 mins
agree  inkweaver
1 hr
agree  Usch Pilz
2 hrs
agree  Dr. Georg Schweigart
2 hrs
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