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Glossary entry

Deutsch term or phrase:

farbig

Englisch translation:

of other ethnic groups / backgrounds

Added to glossary by Christine Lam
May 3, 2006 13:16
18 yrs ago
Deutsch term

farbig

Deutsch > Englisch Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Ethik usw.
Es geht um die Inzidenz von verschiedenen Krebsarten in verschiedenen Bevoelkerungsschichten
Es wird unterschieden zwischen der
weissen Bevoelkerung
schwarzen Bevoelkerung
farbigen Bevoelkerung (der USA)

Hier geht es nicht nur darum, niemanden zu beleidigen, sondern auch darum, den richtigen Ausdruck zu finden

Vielen Dank
Proposed translations (Englisch)
3 +6 Other ethnic groups
Change log

May 3, 2006 14:07: Ian M-H (X) changed "Field" from "Sonstige" to "Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften" , "Field (specific)" from "Staatswesen/Politik" to "Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Ethik usw."

Discussion

Francis Lee (X) May 4, 2006:
erm ... as opposed to what ... ? Surveys based on goldfish ownership? ;-)
Christine Lam (asker) May 3, 2006:
great suggestion, Ian. Trouble is that the citation only refers to population-based findings, sigh...
Ian M-H (X) May 3, 2006:
Rebecca's answer could be right, but it would be unusual for a US writer to divide the population into just three ethnic/racial categories. This site may help: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/racefactcb...
Ian M-H (X) May 3, 2006:
Assuming that your German authors didn't themselves carry out research in the USA, it seems likely that they will be referring to US studies. In which case perhaps you (or they) can track this back to the studies they're citing?
Christine Lam (asker) May 3, 2006:
It was written by German professors and is a scientific publication. The text describes how lifestyle and nutritional habits affect the cancer incidence rates. "Farbig" definitely includes the Asian population here, I have not come across any references for Latinos yet
Francis Lee (X) May 3, 2006:
My God, was this written by a South Äfrican? What's this for and what's the readership? "Farbig" could be Asian/Latino etc. BUT what about mixed-race people?
Ingeborg Gowans (X) May 3, 2006:
latino-American? In our age of "political correctness" I would imagine this covers people from Mexico. However, People from Asia then would have to be called Asian-American and it gets really tedious that way

Proposed translations

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6 Min.
Selected

Other ethnic groups

Being as black and white (African American and Caucasian - whatever tickles your fancy) are already two separate categories, I would go with "other ethnic groups" here.
Peer comment(s):
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : o.k., you said it, This probably solves the problem of finding two or three more categories, very good
1 Min.
agree archtrans : Yup, just like the forms we always have to fill out at the doctor's office or school ! Good catch.
16 Min.
agree Manuel Martín-Iguacel
29 Min.
agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : Lieber bunt als farblos, wahr?
1 Stunde
agree lindaellen (X)
6 Stunden
agree Julia Weiss
7 Stunden
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