Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
dies nicht zu vertreten haben
English translation:
to not be liable for it
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Steffen Walter
Apr 9, 2008 16:19
16 yrs ago
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German term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
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dies nicht zu vertreten haben
German to English
Law/Patents
Real Estate
This is a line from a rent agreement and I am a little confused about what way the above term should be translated:
"Sofern die Verzögerung in höherer Gewalt begründet liegt, hat der Bauherr dies nicht zu vertreten und schuldet keine Zahlung nach Satz 1"
"Sofern die Verzögerung in höherer Gewalt begründet liegt, hat der Bauherr dies nicht zu vertreten und schuldet keine Zahlung nach Satz 1"
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | shall not be liable for it |
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| 3 | is to be held unaccountable for this |
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Change log
Apr 25, 2008 14:39: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "dies nicht zu vertreten" to "dies nicht zu vertreten haben" , "Field" from "Other" to "Law/Patents"
Apr 25, 2008 14:39: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/728954">Jessica West's</a> old entry - "dies nicht zu vertreten"" to ""shall not be liable for it""
Proposed translations
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German term (edited):
dies nicht zu vertreten
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shall not be liable for it
It means he's not responsible for force majeure.
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shall not be liable therefor
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shall not be liable therefor
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Better late than never, huh? Thanks anyway!
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Comment: "thanks very much for this - exactly the expression I was searching for!"
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German term (edited):
dies nicht zu vertreten
is to be held unaccountable for this
It's really a tautology: the höhere Gewalt as the force majeure cause of the hold-up is beyond the building client's control/nicht zu vertreten anyway. So there's little point adding it.
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