Jan 22, 2006 16:51
18 yrs ago
German term

stünden

German to English Social Sciences Journalism
Die Zahlen stünden in krassem Widerspruch zur sonstigen Kriminalitätsentwicklung in Großbritannien, da die Gesamtzahl der Straftaten leicht abnehme.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +6 stood
4 +2 sharply contradict
3 were
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Non-PRO (1): Steven Sidore

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Proposed translations

+6
5 mins
German term (edited): st�nden
Selected

stood

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Note added at 6 mins (2006-01-22 16:58:15 GMT)
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Confidence level should be higher.

sie stünden - Konjunktiv von "stehen": sie würden stehen; der Konjunktiv wird wegen der indirekten Rede gebraucht. kommerziell - auf wirtschaftlichen Gewinn ...
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1676996,00.html

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Note added at 23 mins (2006-01-22 17:14:41 GMT)
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"stood" is perfectly OK here. "The numbers stood in stark contrast to..." is correct, idiomatic English.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-01-22 19:48:10 GMT)
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Norbert's right: it should be *stand*
Peer comment(s):

agree Ricki Farn : Das ist Konjunktiv, weil es indirekte Rede ist :) PS "abnehme" ist hier aus demselben Grund auch Konjunktiv, Indikativ wäre "abnimmt".
0 min
Genau. Danke.
agree Kim Metzger : Reported speech.
3 mins
Thanks.
agree Leanne Evans
8 mins
Thanks.
agree Ken Cox : German 101 (again)
33 mins
Hated Konjunktiv at the time, but it does come in handy now and then.
agree milinad
1 hr
agree Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
2 hrs
neutral NGK : If this is indirect speech, then the present tense "stand" is appropriate in English. Past tense would be appropriate if the text said "hätten gestanden."
2 hrs
Oops, you're right! Like I said, konjunktiv wasn't my favorite ...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you all for kind help!"
20 mins
German term (edited): st�nden

were

"Stünden" is the conjunctive of "stehen", used here because the sentence is reported speech. However you better don't translate it literally, so I would suggest:

...these numbers were in stark contrast...

But since I am not a native speaker, better wait for confirmation ;-)
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+2
2 hrs
German term (edited): st�nden in krassem Widerspruch

sharply contradict

If this is indirect speech, then the Konjunktiv "stünden" is used to indicate that this is not the author's opinion or insight but rather something that somebody else said or wrote. In this case, the present tense is appropriate in English. (Past tense would be appropriate if the text said "hätten gestanden.")

>> (He/she/it said/wrote that) the numbers sharply contradict ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Astrid Elke Witte
1 hr
agree Jonathan MacKerron
2 hrs
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