We present a technique to resolve the rare event problem for a Langevin equation describing a system with thermally activated transitions. A transition event within a given time interval (0,t(f)) can be described by a transition path that has an activation part during (0,t(M)) and a deactivation part during (t(M),t(f))(0<t(M)<t(f)). The activation path is governed by a Langevin equation with ne...