Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
die gelieferte Ware kann ein Teilstück der Abbildung sein
English translation:
the goods delivered may constitute only a section of the item or items shown
German term
Germany
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Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
Works in: English to German, German to English, Spanish to German, and 5 more.
Teilstück der Abbildung
We are translating T&Cs in regard to trading in fashion accessories into American English:
DE:
Bilder / Darstellungen der Waren (z.B. aus dem Internet) können vom Original abweichen bzw. die gelieferte Ware kann ein ***Teilstück der Abbildung*** sein.
EN:
Pictures/representations of the goods (e.g. from the Internet) may differ from the original, or the goods delivered may constitute only a ***part of the item shown***.
What do you people think about such translation of the term in question?
Best regards,
Cheers,
Sebastian Witte
| 3 | Section of the image |
gangels (X)
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| 4 +5 | one of multiple items shown in an image |
philgoddard
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| 3 | partial representation (of the item or items) |
AllegroTrans
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Feb 12, 2018 19:48: Sebastian Witte changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "General Terms and Conditions of Business"
Feb 13, 2018 08:01: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Bus/Financial"
Feb 14, 2018 09:39: Sebastian Witte changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/60654">Sebastian Witte's</a> old entry - "die gelieferte Ware kann ein Teilstück der Abbildung sein"" to ""the goods delivered may constitute only a section of the item shown""
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Proposed translations
Section of the image
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Note added at 3 days 2 hrs (2018-02-15 22:29:59 GMT) Post-grading
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But "comprise" instead of "constitute"
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philgoddard
: This is the literal translation, but I don't think it conveys a clear meaning.
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OK then, "may represent an individual feature of the larger image"
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Lancashireman
: Half a scarf?
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Too cold in Chicago for half a scarf
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AllegroTrans
: this doesn't really convey anything in English
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Then how about 'conveying' it in AllegroTransanian?
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United States
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
one of multiple items shown in an image
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Lancashireman
: I've voted this Non-PRO.
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Michele Fauble
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writeaway
: but whatever does this have to do with law or patents??
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| agree |
Sibila T
: precisely!
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Alison MacG
: Agree with your reading of this. Assumed it was a rather unusual way of expressing the idea that the products may be pictured/shown with other products/items that are not included
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United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
partial representation (of the item or items)
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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-02-12 22:52:54 GMT)
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where NN = not necessarily
| Thanks very much. |
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philgoddard
: It says Teilstück der Abbildung, not Abbildung des Teilstücks.
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