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det er sådan set

English translation: basically

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Danish term or phrase:det er sådan set
English translation:basically
Entered by: stephen mewes

07:13 Jan 24, 2008
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Danish term or phrase: det er sådan set
Der er udtaget en stævning, og det er sådan set det eneste, der er sket i den sag, så lige præcis, hvad forløbet bliver der, og hvor store advokatomkostningerne bliver, det er også vanskeligt at sige noget om.
stephen mewes
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:12
basically
Explanation:
synonymt med "i bund og grund"
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Jørgen Madsen
Local time: 17:12
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4basically
Jørgen Madsen
5 +2(here) that's about all that has happened .....
Terence Ajbro
4that is
F Schultze (X)


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(here) that's about all that has happened .....


Explanation:
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Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Local time: 17:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen: 'Sådan set' is often just padding like 'about', 'more or less', AFAIK, and all those expressions that just stop a sentence from being too categorical, but add very little to the meaning.
1 hr
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
8 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
basically


Explanation:
synonymt med "i bund og grund"

Jørgen Madsen
Local time: 17:12
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mette Melchior
1 hr
agree  Paul Cohen
2 hrs
agree  asptech
5 hrs
agree  Christine Andersen: Another very useful suggestion
21 hrs
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1 day 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
that is


Explanation:
I suggest you omit "sådan set". It is an utterly superfluous filler. The phrase has exactly the same meaning in Danish whether "sådan set" is there or not. So why put some superfluous English filler word in the translation that only approximates the source anyway?

"A claim form has been issued, and that is all that has happened in the case ..."

By the way, none of you guys bothered to look it up? Gyldendals Røde proposes "in a way" -- as good a translation as any if you insist.


F Schultze (X)
United States
Local time: 11:12
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 3
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