English translation of "ungenutzt verstreichen lassen" - "If you let the time limit lapse without taking relevant steps, ..."

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233 months ago

Christina Seiler (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Law / Certificates
Level of diffculty:	Difficult / demanding
Word or term in question:	ungenutzt verstreichen lassen
Context:	Falls Sie die Frist ungenutzt
Keywords:	-

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233 months ago

German Translations & Interpreting wrote:

If you let the time limit lapse without taking relevant steps, ...

My comment:

Or: If you allow the time to lapse without your having taken relevant steps, ...(then we'll get you!)

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233 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

allowed to lapse

233 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

allowed to lapse

233 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

to let pass (up)

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233 months ago

wrote:

sorry, of course it should be: to let pass (up) unused

233 months ago

pharma trans wrote:

allow to pass unused, i.e. without taking a desired action

My comment:

If you allow the grace period [or deadline] to pass without taking the [requested] action ...
Again, this can probably be put into better legal lingo, but the idea is that "if [the recipient of the text] allow the grace period [or deadline] to pass without taking [the requested] action on the matter", then ... the writer will take the action which they are threatening as a consequence of the recipient's failure to take the requested action.

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