clarification of sentence please

English translation: you must ask the writer of the text

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Danish term or phrase:clarification of sentence please
English translation:you must ask the writer of the text
Entered by: stephen mewes

05:40 Mar 22, 2009
Danish to English translations [PRO]
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Danish term or phrase: clarification of sentence please
xxx-projektet startede allerede i 2007 og fortsætter tre år frem.

Does this mean that the project will continue for another three years from now or from when it started in 2007, i.e. until 2010?
stephen mewes
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:44
you must ask the writer of the text
Explanation:
It is as unclear as unclear can be. When was this sentence said/written - that makes the whole difference. for if it was expressed today - it means until 2012.
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Eva Harbo Andersen (X)
Denmark
Local time: 16:44
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2you must ask the writer of the text
Eva Harbo Andersen (X)
3until 2010
Yasutomo Kanazawa


  

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until 2010


Explanation:
If I translate the above sentence, it becomes:

The xxx-project already started in 2007, and will continue for 3 more years (frem literally forwards or on), so the project will last till 2010.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 23:44
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Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
you must ask the writer of the text


Explanation:
It is as unclear as unclear can be. When was this sentence said/written - that makes the whole difference. for if it was expressed today - it means until 2012.

Eva Harbo Andersen (X)
Denmark
Local time: 16:44
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joern Wennerstroem: Exactly, it all revolves around when the verb "started" was uttered
17 hrs

agree  Christine Andersen
21 hrs
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