Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Mantel des Schweigens
English translation:
veil of silence / cloak of silence / veil of secrecy
German term
Mantel des Schweigens
"Bereits im Alter von zwanzig Jahren starb Sanders alias Pinto an einer Krankheit, über die in den Nachrufen der Mantel des Schweigens gebreitet wurde."
Again, it's clear what it means, but is there a neat English phrase for this lovely metaphor???
| 3 +12 | veil of silence |
Ulrike Kraemer
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| 4 +6 | cloak of secrecy (or) cloak of silence |
Narasimhan Raghavan
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| 4 +2 | mantle of secrecy |
Arkadiusz Witek
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| 3 +2 | keep/remain silent (about) |
Bernhard Sulzer
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Jan 17, 2009 11:19: Ulrike Kraemer Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): writeaway, Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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Proposed translations
Germany
Combining technical expertise and style
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
veil of silence
Poland
Accurate and reliable translations
Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to German, English to Polish, Polish to English, and 6 more.
mantle of secrecy
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SpreeSarah
: Also like the alternative on www.dict.cc - veil of silence
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Heike Schwarz
: this is funny because it reminds me of mantlepiece, and it is a rather rare word for mantel ;-)
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Barbara Wiebking
4 days
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Also a qualified engineer
Native in: Tamil
Works in: English to Tamil, Tamil to English, French to Tamil, and 6 more.
cloak of secrecy (or) cloak of silence
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Heike Schwarz
: rather cloak of silence, but also veil as little balu suggested
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Danke
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Helen Shiner
: I prefer 'cloak of silence', since it is 'veil of secrecy' generally
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franglish
: cloak, rather than veil
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Paul Cohen
: 'cloak of silence'
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Lancashireman
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
3 days 21 hrs
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United States
High quality at a reasonable price
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, German, and 1 more.
keep/remain silent (about)
starb..an einer Krankheit, über die in den Nachrufen der Mantel des Schweigens gebreitet wurde...
died of a disease about which obituaries maintained complete silence/..about which complete silence was maintained in obituaries
revealed/said (absolutely) nothing about...
maintained a stony silence
remain(ed) completely silent on (the subject)
did not reveal anything/revealed absolutely nothing about...
remained unexplained
(left) wrapped in silence
the idea being of course that nothing was revealed/explained at all about the disease, the readers were kept in the dark about it, it remained unexplained, wrapped in silence.
http://books.google.com/books?id=zG2tRJHEdLUC&pg=PA101&lpg=P...
best left wrapped in silence
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Johanna Timm, PhD
: very nice alternatives!
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thank you, Johanna!
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
: with Johanna
3 days 12 hrs
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thank you, Harald!
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