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kind response for the forgiveness

German translation: Erwiderung der Vergebung

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English term or phrase:kind response for the forgiveness
German translation:Erwiderung der Vergebung
Entered by: Steffen Walter

12:34 Jan 31, 2008
English to German translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy
English term or phrase: kind response for the forgiveness
I'm subtitling a video of a speech. This part is about the recipe for success, which is forgiveness.

Forgive anybody and everybody
who ever did anything to you
that was harmful to you.
With no need for justification,
or *kind response for the forgiveness.*

What's this "kind response" here?


Thanks
aykon
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:59
Erwiderung
Explanation:
Ich verstehe es so, dass man nicht erwarten soll, dass der Akt der Vergebung vom Gegenüber erwidert wird. "Erwiderung" wäre also eine textnahe Übersetzung. Etwas freier könnte man es auch in Richtung "Dankbarkeit" interpretieren.
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Boris Rogowski
Germany
Local time: 15:59
Grading comment
Danke, makes sense.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4Erwiderung
Boris Rogowski
3 +1Dankbarkeit bezeugt/erweist oder sich dankbar zeigt
ukaiser (X)
4freundlich darauf reagiert
Karin Maack
3nette Geste
Bernhard Sulzer


Discussion entries: 1





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
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Erwiderung


Explanation:
Ich verstehe es so, dass man nicht erwarten soll, dass der Akt der Vergebung vom Gegenüber erwidert wird. "Erwiderung" wäre also eine textnahe Übersetzung. Etwas freier könnte man es auch in Richtung "Dankbarkeit" interpretieren.

Boris Rogowski
Germany
Local time: 15:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Danke, makes sense.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mary austria: Right, don't expect a kind response in return for your forgiveness.
4 mins
  -> thanks, Mary
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): exactly
18 mins
  -> thanks, Ingeborg
agree  Barbara Wiebking: Wie wäre es denn mit dankbarer Erwiderung?
58 mins
  -> perfect :) thanks!
neutral  Karin Maack: das würde ja bedeuten, dass der, der vergeben hat, auch Vergebung nötig hätte. Davon steht aber nichts da.
1 hr
agree  me.translation
11 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
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Dankbarkeit bezeugt/erweist oder sich dankbar zeigt


Explanation:
wären freiere Alternative

(etwa: oder sich für die Vergebung dankbar zeigt)

ukaiser (X)
Local time: 15:59
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mill2
13 mins
  -> danke
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
freundlich darauf reagiert


Explanation:
einfach und ziemlich neutral

Karin Maack
Germany
Local time: 15:59
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
nette Geste


Explanation:
should also work here.
as in: it was not necessary to acknowledge the forgiving with a nice gesture.



Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 09:59
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Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 15
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