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slipper farmer

German translation: Sofabauer; Sofa-Bauer

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English term or phrase:slipper farmer
German translation:Sofabauer; Sofa-Bauer
Entered by: Susan Majaura

09:52 Jun 2, 2015
English to German translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / EP
English term or phrase: slipper farmer
One of the key changes of the new CAP rules is that they aim to ensure that the CAP benefits only those farmers who actually work the land and not those commonly known as “slipper farmers”.
Susan Majaura
Germany
Sofabauer; Sofa-Bauer
Explanation:
vgl. auch http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofamelker
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Riesling
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5Sofabauer; Sofa-Bauer
Riesling
3 -1pantoffel boer
Geraldieneke (X)


Discussion entries: 7





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
pantoffel boer


Explanation:
Bin mir nicht sicher wie das auf Deutsch heisst, aber dies erklärt was ein "Slipper farmer ist":

Instead I've joined the select ranks of those sometimes called 'slipper farmers'.

That's because they've found a way to claim farming subsidies without actually working the land.

Example sentence(s):
  • Instead I've joined the select ranks of those sometimes called 'slipper farmers'.

    Reference: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17250106
Geraldieneke (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:45
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Rolf Kern: Das gehört nicht hierher, sondern in die Diskussion.
6 mins
  -> OK. Bin ganz neu hier.
disagree  writeaway: pantoffel boer is nederlands
2 hrs
agree  Horst Huber (X): "Pantoffelbauer" --- was wäre daran so illegitim?
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Sofabauer; Sofa-Bauer


Explanation:
vgl. auch http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofamelker

Example sentence(s):
  • "Wir wollen die aktiven Bauern unterstützen und nicht die Sofa-Bauern."
  • Biobauer Müller findet das „Greening“ indes gut. „Dann gibt’s keine Sofabauern mehr, die ihr Geld nur über die Fläche machen.“

    Reference: http://www.agrar.de/Aktuell/2003/11/24/hoehn-aktive-bauern-u...
    Reference: http://www.merkur.de/lokales/bad-toelz/bad-toelz/plaene-eu-a...
Riesling
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alison MacG: http://www.swp.de/crailsheim/lokales/region/Die-Zukunft-gibt... http://www.sruc.ac.uk/news/article/1034/an_international_fla...
37 mins
agree  Jacek Konopka
2 hrs
agree  EK Yokohama
4 hrs
agree  Sebastian Viebahn
17 hrs
agree  Steffen Walter
19 hrs
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