English-German translations for deus ex machina

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  Ich habe gehört, daß manch einer an den alten deus ex machina eines Senats aus nationalen Abgeordneten denkt, mit dem das demokratische Defizit ausgeglichen werden soll. I learn that some think of the old deus ex machina of a senate of national parliamentarians to offset the democratic deficit.
  Eine solche Agentur scheint so eine Art deus ex machina zu werden, aber die Frage ist doch, welchen Auftrag sie genau haben wird. It seems that an agency of this kind is to be something of a deus ex machina, but still we must ask the question: what exactly is its role to be?

Definition of deus ex machina

• Any resolution to a story that does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and that is so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, and presumably allows the author, director, or developer to end the story in the way that he or she desired
• A contrived solution to a problem, relying on an agent external to the situation
• A machine used to bring actors playing gods onto the stage, either up through a trapdoor or from above

Examples

• Oh, now Im backed into a corner, and cant devise a way out. I could sure use a deus ex machina right about now!
• We used a sale of the business at a ridiculously high multiple to make the numbers work, a deus ex machina.

Related words

• dea ex machina