Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
door toeval teniet gegaan
English translation:
unless the goods were lost/destroyed as a result of unforeseeable circumstances/
Dutch term
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door toeval teniet gegaan
Does anyone know the correct English expression for this?
| 4 +2 | unless the goods were lost/destroyed as a result of unforeseeable circumstances/ |
jarry (X)
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| 3 | perished by chance |
Michael Beijer
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| 3 | see text |
L.J.Wessel van Leeuwen
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May 19, 2009 11:51: jarry (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/12155">Willemina Hagenauw's</a> old entry - "door toeval teniet gegaan"" to ""unless the goods were lost/destroyed as a result of unforeseeable circumstances/""
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Proposed translations
unless the goods were lost/destroyed as a result of unforeseeable circumstances/
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Anne Lee
: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:... under 4 - check NL version, too.
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Thanks Anne; almost word for word!
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Michael Beijer
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Thanks Michael
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United Kingdom
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Works in: Dutch to English, Flemish to English, English to Dutch, and 2 more.
perished by chance
''..does/do not prove that the goods were consumed or perished by chance.''
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see text
my suggestion is LAPSED (past the "good till" date.
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