Context for the German sentence below is that Eric is a supporter, at least partly, of the "Betriebsrätebewegung." My question: Is Eric here referring to dangers of that movement, or is he referring to dangers to that movement? Or is the German ambiguous on that point?
Eric schilderte darin den Verlauf der Betriebsrätebewegung, wies auf ihre Gefahren hin und schlug die Bildung eines Kulturrats vor ...
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Question about an instance of "Gefahren"
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Duckduck (Contributor)
Re: Question about an instance of "Gefahren"
edmont hat geschrieben: Context for the German sentence below is that Eric is a supporter, at least partly, of the "Betriebsrätebewegung." My question: Is Eric here referring to dangers of that movement, or is he referring to dangers to that movement? Or is the German ambiguous on that point?
Eric schilderte darin den Verlauf der Betriebsrätebewegung, wies auf ihre Gefahren hin und schlug die Bildung eines Kulturrats vor ...
Thank you for any assistance.
Good morning, edmont!
Sorry, but we need at least the whole sentence - sometimes even more than that to find out what the author wanted to say.
Duckduck
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tiorthan
Re: Question about an instance of "Gefahren"
Although usually I'd take this as dangers of and not to.
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edmont
Re: Question about an instance of "Gefahren"
Hi Duckduck and tiorthan!
Here's the whole sentence and a preceding one. The person speaking of dangers was a big supporter of the works councils movement. That's why I wonder if the statement refers to dangers to the movement. But perhaps the language does not differentiate between dangers from and to? Perhaps it should be translated "its risks"?
Auf Vermittlung von Blumes war mit einigen Professoren im Hause des Nationalökonomen Professor Robert Wilbrandt, einem engagierten "Kathedersozialisten", ein Gespräch angesetzt worden. Eric schilderte darin den Verlauf der Betriebsrätebewegung, wies auf ihre Gefahren hin und schlug die Bildung eines Kulturrats vor, um die Selbstverwaltung des gesamten kulturellen Lebens, einschließlich der Hochschulen, vorzubereiten.
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tiorthan
Re: Question about an instance of "Gefahren"
This is pretty much "dangers of the movement". If this was meant to mean anything else, they failed.