dignitaries
German translation: hochrangige Beamten, Politiker, Würdenträger und Funktionäre
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| na | Würdenträger (/Prälat) |
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| na | Honoratioren |
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| na | hochrangige Beamten, Politiker, Würdenträger und Funktionäre |
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Würdenträger (/Prälat) Explanation: or am I missing something? Reference: http://dict.leo.org/?search=dignitary&lang=en Reference: http://www.iee.et.tu-dresden.de/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/wernerr/sear... |
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Honoratioren Explanation: Although I don't think that Würdenträger necessarily has to do with clergy, Honoratioren sounds more neutral. |
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hochrangige Beamten, Politiker, Würdenträger und Funktionäre Explanation: The word dignitary is used today in a much more general sense than the "Würdenträger" or "Prälat" given by Langenscheidt's Kleine Muret-Sanders. "Honoratioren" seems rather local and abwertend to me and is usually translated with "notables". Besides that, "Honoratioren" appears to have no singular, which you might need sometime. "Dignitaries" simply means "high-ranking public and/or religious officials". If I were ever forced, with a gun at my head, to try to write in German, I would have to write "hochrangige Beamte..., Politiker..., Würdenträger... und Funktionär...". You can leave out as many of the four as you feel is safe and add whatever endings you feel are politically correct enough. |
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