Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dec 7, 2002 04:29
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German term
Chris Rowson (X)
place designations
German to English
Law/Patents
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I have a large document concerning archaeology. It refers to a wide variety of places, which it precisely defines, using the terms:
Land
Regierungsbezirk
Bezirk
Stadt
Kreis
Stadtteil, Ortsteil
Gemeinde
E.g. "Land Baden-Württemberg, Regierungsbezirke Karlsruhe"
"Stadt Ellwangen, Ortsteil Pfahlheim-Halheim
Ostalbkreis"
"Gemeinde Arzbach
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis"
I could translate at least half of these with "District", but that doesn´t seem entirely satisfactory. For the Länder, I looked at their webpages and have "State of Baden-Württemberg" etc., except Bayern gives itself as "Free State of Bavaria". "Stadt" I thought might be "city". B-W also says it "is divided up into 35 rural and 9 urban districts. There are a total of 1,111 local authorities, 81 of them large-scale municipalities." The rural and urban districts are Landkreise and Stadtkreise, so that seems to be "district used up for "Kreis", while the local authorities are Gemeinden. Assuming all of these, I am left with:
Regierungsbezirk
Bezirk
Stadtteil, Ortsteil
Regierungsbezirk could well be administrative region, but I can´t see Bezirk as region, so that is a problem. And what are the Teile if they are not districts?
Land
Regierungsbezirk
Bezirk
Stadt
Kreis
Stadtteil, Ortsteil
Gemeinde
E.g. "Land Baden-Württemberg, Regierungsbezirke Karlsruhe"
"Stadt Ellwangen, Ortsteil Pfahlheim-Halheim
Ostalbkreis"
"Gemeinde Arzbach
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis"
I could translate at least half of these with "District", but that doesn´t seem entirely satisfactory. For the Länder, I looked at their webpages and have "State of Baden-Württemberg" etc., except Bayern gives itself as "Free State of Bavaria". "Stadt" I thought might be "city". B-W also says it "is divided up into 35 rural and 9 urban districts. There are a total of 1,111 local authorities, 81 of them large-scale municipalities." The rural and urban districts are Landkreise and Stadtkreise, so that seems to be "district used up for "Kreis", while the local authorities are Gemeinden. Assuming all of these, I am left with:
Regierungsbezirk
Bezirk
Stadtteil, Ortsteil
Regierungsbezirk could well be administrative region, but I can´t see Bezirk as region, so that is a problem. And what are the Teile if they are not districts?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | Regierungsbezirk = region (BE) / county (US) |
Susanna & Christian Popescu
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| 4 +2 | according to Bundestag Glossar= |
Jonathan MacKerron
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| 3 +1 | Administrative area |
Nancy Arrowsmith
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Change log
Aug 3, 2006 17:20: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Law/Patents" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Government / Politics"
Proposed translations
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Susanna & Christian Popescu
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Regierungsbezirk = region (BE) / county (US)
You can add some footnotes with explanations to each of them (e. g. Regierungsbezirk = primary administrative division of a Bundesland).
Bezirk = district (footnote: Bezirk of a city is district/of a Bundesland = region)
Stadtteil = municipal or town district/~ area/~ part
Ortsteil = (mustn' be of a town, can also be the of a bigger village)
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Note added at 2002-12-07 08:30:05 (GMT)
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For Ortsteil: district/area/part of a village
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Note added at 2002-12-07 08:39:31 (GMT)
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Note for Regierungsbezirk: each Bundesland is divided into so-called *Regierungsbezirke*, which are made up of several towns and villages. Towns and villages in their area make up so-called Landkreise (administrative districts)
Bezirk = district (footnote: Bezirk of a city is district/of a Bundesland = region)
Stadtteil = municipal or town district/~ area/~ part
Ortsteil = (mustn' be of a town, can also be the of a bigger village)
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Note added at 2002-12-07 08:30:05 (GMT)
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For Ortsteil: district/area/part of a village
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Note added at 2002-12-07 08:39:31 (GMT)
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Note for Regierungsbezirk: each Bundesland is divided into so-called *Regierungsbezirke*, which are made up of several towns and villages. Towns and villages in their area make up so-called Landkreise (administrative districts)
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4 hrs
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Works in field
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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according to Bundestag Glossar=
Land=Land
Regierungsbezirk=Administrative Region
Kreis=County
Stadtteil=District/burrough
Ortsteil=sub-district/area, e.g. Lichterfelde area of Steglitz district
Gemeinde=municipality/commune/local community/parish/local authority
Regierungsbezirk=Administrative Region
Kreis=County
Stadtteil=District/burrough
Ortsteil=sub-district/area, e.g. Lichterfelde area of Steglitz district
Gemeinde=municipality/commune/local community/parish/local authority
Peer comment(s):
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Susanna & Christian Popescu
: ref. only to *Gemeinde*: the terms entered here (municipality/parish) have nothing to do with PLACE designations. Municipality is an administration (local authority); parish in Germany (unlike e.g. Louisiana or Quebec) refers to a subdivision of a diocese
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wrong!, there are over 270,000 hits in the Internet of "municipalty of xxx", i.e. place designation
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Teresa Reinhardt
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Nancy Arrowsmith
Native in English
literary and scientific translations
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Italian to English, English, and 3 more.
Administrative area
or region is right for Bezirk, it has nothing whatsoever to do with geography, and is synonomous with Regierungsbezirk. An Ortsteil is the district of a town, a Stadtteil a district of an incorporated city. A Gemeinde is a local community, a village, or a township with intergrated outlying areas. Our township/Gemeinde included 80 square kilometers of outlying area.
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