Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
komme igennem (in this context)
English translation:
to gain support for
Danish term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
komme igennem (in this context)
Proposed translations
Sweden
Your link to well-written Danish texts
Native in: Danish 
Works in: English to Danish, Spanish to Danish, Danish, and 2 more.
to gain support for
Maybe you could use "...they would not be able to gain support for..."or a similar phrase here?
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-02-04 09:32:39 GMT)
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another possible translation could be "to achieve compensation"..
Ireland
Reliable and accurate
Native in: English
Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, Swedish to English
MA in Translation Studies
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Danish to English, German to English
they would not be able to obtain compensation over ....
that damages would not be paid other than....
or
that there be no an alternative settlement to....
I may not have understood this correctly, might help to see the whole sentence.
Sworn translator, finance expert
Native in: Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, German to Norwegian, Swedish to Norwegian, and 8 more.
get through
then you should be able to get through a claim with very little trouble.
"A lot of them, by the time they get through a claim, have no money left to do anything,"
http://www.tcmins.com/Howitworks.php
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20000320/ai_n10134052
Greenland
Will work for blubber
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Danish to English
push through
"Lawyers involved in asbestos litigation soon found that the best chance to recover damages for the majority of their clients was to bundle cases together. By presenting a group of defendants at once, they could often ***push through*** a settlement for clients with weaker cases on the strength of clients who had strong cases."
http://www.mesolawsuit.com/asbestos_litigation_fair_legislat...
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Bjørnar Magnussen
: informal, just like the original Danish text - and reflects the meaning of course, that goes without saying
1 day 2 hrs
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and reflects the meaning... / of course! ;-)
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United States
Legalese and business speak, translated.
Native in: Danish 
, English
Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, English to Danish, and 4 more.
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