Jul 13, 2021 19:13
2 yrs ago
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German term

Entfernt vorstellbar

German to English Medical General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Product use instructions for Covid test
I am translating from German to English a medical document about performing a Covid test.
It is in the form of a flow chart and therefore very lacking in context.
It classifies outcomes as possible, impossible, unlikely, and includes this:

Entfernt vorstellbar

Can you confirm that this means "remotely possible / conceivable"??
Or is there some other way to render?

Thank you!

RE Anderson
Chicago, IL, USA

Discussion

Steffen Walter Jul 13, 2021:
What are ... ... the other German categories that you translated as possible, impossible and unlikely?

Proposed translations

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1 hr
Selected

Remotely possible

Was my first idea
Or conceivable would be fine,too
I have no problem with this being opinion-based
That‘s what it sounds like to me
Peer comment(s):

agree Simon Vigneault
1 hr
Thank you, Simon!
agree David Hollywood
6 hrs
Thank you, David!
agree sdvplatt : remotely possible/conceivable would work for me
8 hrs
Thank you, S!
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+2
57 mins

Remote likelihood

If this is supposed to be fact-based rather than opinion-based, I would leave out terms that are not cut and dried but open to interpretation such as "possible, conceivable" etc...
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
50 mins
agree Michele Fauble
7 hrs
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18 hrs

hardly imaginable / virtually impossible

I like the word imaginable in this context.
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+1
19 hrs

within remotely feasible range

I agree with the discussion entrant, Steffen W., that we could do with knowing what the other categories are.

Medically or legally, a dull-thud opener of labels like remotely feasible might be elucidated by adding range or parameters.
Example sentence:

Right now everybody seems to be scrambling to make sure every even remotely feasible possibility is covered midwinter.com Momentan scheint jeder abzustrampeln, um sicher zu gehen, daß jede noch so entfernt sinnvolle Möglichkeit abgedeckt ist

Peer comment(s):

agree Lancashireman : Some ranges are more feasible than others.
1 day 7 hrs
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