Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
sei die Leitung abgebrochen
English translation:
the line was cut off
Added to glossary by
Orla Shanaghy
May 11, 2005 13:49
19 yrs ago
German term
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Native in: Chinese 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, German to Chinese, and 3 more.
sei die Leitung abgebrochen
German to English
Other
Linguistics
Gegen 4.30 Uhr am Morgen sei ein Notruf aus dem Haus eingegangen, teilte die Polizei mit. Die Mitarbeiter der Notrufzentrale hätten Schüsse gehört, dann sei die Leitung abgebrochen, hieß es weiter. Am Tatort wurden keine Anzeichen für Fremdverschulden gefunden. Der ermittelnde Sheriff Bob Doyle erklärte, man habe keine Spuren gefunden, die auf einen Einbruch oder einen Kampf schließen lassen. Die Polizei prüfe derzeit, ob häusliche Gewalt zu der Familientragödie geführt haben könnte.
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Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | the line was cut off |
Orla Shanaghy
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| 4 +2 | the line went dead |
Michael McWilliam
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| 4 | then the line was disconnected |
Ingo Dierkschnieder
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| 4 | the connection was broken |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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Change log
May 11, 2005 13:53: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other"
Proposed translations
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Selected
the line was cut off
This is a common way of expressing it. As regards the reported speech ('sei'), in English you would have to say something like: "The report goes on to say that [the line was cut off]" or "According to the police, [the line was cut off]".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all for help!"
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Ingo Dierkschnieder
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in German
United Kingdom
Technical and medical translations
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, French to German, German, and 1 more.
then the line was disconnected
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the connection was broken
according to the police, there was an emergency call at...... he heard shots and then the connection was broken
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Note added at 2005-05-11 14:21:39 (GMT)
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the line went dead - common parlance
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Note added at 2005-05-11 14:21:39 (GMT)
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the line went dead - common parlance
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1 hr
the line went dead
in the context of the paragraph
Peer comment(s):
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Laurel Porter (X)
: This is pithier, and is commonly used. Did CMJ add this first? I don't feel like doing the math... :-)
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thanks ;)
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Trudy Peters
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thanks Trudy
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