Lena Nusselt (X) Nov 3, 2009:

LittleBalu, you've got a point there - it really doesn't say that they were "abgetötet". Still, I agree with what Diana said - the register is probably best conveyed by using a rather extreme term in English...

Emilia De Paola (asker) Nov 3, 2009:

Es ist keine Übersetzung, Connie, das ist sicher, aber es ist ironisch!

conny Nov 3, 2009:

Mehr Kontext wenn möglich wird deutlich, was für ein Krebs es ist? Duftmarken erscheint mir höchst fraglich in dem Zushg. Könnte das Deutsche bereits eine Übersetzung sein? Wenn ja, aus welcher Sprache?

British Diana Nov 3, 2009:

zufriedenstellend? Okay, LittleBalu, I agree that the woman concerned did not actually say that all her cancer cells had been killed off permanently. However, we do hear that they were subjected to aggressive chemotherapy and she seems to think that this has done the trick for now. Otherwise she wouldn't have been satisfied, would she?
So I think expressing a cautious optimism is not out of place here.
Anyway, my word remission only means that the cancer is dormant, it is by no means conquered for good.

In addition this patient is using a wry, almost ironical register ("Duftmarken", "eingependelt", "Holzhammer") which should definitely be attempted at in the translation.

Ulrike Kraemer Nov 3, 2009:

my 2 cents ... There's no mention at all in the source text that the cells were "abgetötet" (Lena's comment) or "beaten into remission" (Diana's suggestion). All it says is that they "haben sich auf ein Maß eingependelt, das ZUFRIEDENSTELLEND ist". Your suggestions go too far, IMHO, in particular in view of the disease that is being discussed here.

Emilia De Paola (asker) Nov 3, 2009:

You are right, I am convinced I had selected General, Conversation, etc. But I don't know how I can change now!

Kerstin Green Nov 3, 2009:

I would say this is in the wrong category, maybe you should change that.