early voting/election day voting early voting offi

German translation: Frühwahl

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English term or phrase:early voting
German translation:Frühwahl
Entered by: Dierk Seeburg

09:54 Jun 25, 2000
English to German translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: early voting/election day voting early voting offi
Diese Begriffe treten in Zusammenhang mit der Beschreibung eines Wahlgerätes auf.
Danke -- Ralf
Ralf
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Explanation:
As an aside, be careful when entering too many terms in the terms field - they get cut off by proZ; just write "see below" enter them in the explanation field. So, here are my translations:
I'm not sure what the difference is between "early voting" and "voting early", but as for the meaning of at least one of them I suggest "Briefwahl" which refers to voting by mail (which is how one can vote early in Germany), if you're looking for a German equivalent, otherwise use Frühwahl (not Vorwahl as that means area code in English :->). Election day and election official would be Wahltag and Wahlbeauftragte(r).
Cheerio,
Dierk
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Dierk Seeburg
Local time: 16:56
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Hi Dierk: Briefwahl habe ich auch gefunden. Allerdings funktioniert es bei "in-person early voting" nicht mehr (kommt im Text etwas später vor). "Frühwahl" klingt am einfachsten. Ich habe den Begriff aber noch nie gehört.
Danke:) Ralf
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2 hrs
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Explanation:
As an aside, be careful when entering too many terms in the terms field - they get cut off by proZ; just write "see below" enter them in the explanation field. So, here are my translations:
I'm not sure what the difference is between "early voting" and "voting early", but as for the meaning of at least one of them I suggest "Briefwahl" which refers to voting by mail (which is how one can vote early in Germany), if you're looking for a German equivalent, otherwise use Frühwahl (not Vorwahl as that means area code in English :->). Election day and election official would be Wahltag and Wahlbeauftragte(r).
Cheerio,
Dierk

Dierk Seeburg
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 130
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3 hrs
see below


Explanation:
As an aside, be careful when entering too many terms in the terms field - they get cut off by proZ; just write "see below" enter them in the explanation field. So, here are my translations:
I'm not sure what the difference is between "early voting" and "voting early", but as for the meaning of at least one of them I suggest "Briefwahl" which refers to voting by mail (which is how one can vote early in Germany), if you're looking for a German equivalent, otherwise use Frühwahl (not Vorwahl as that means area code in English :->). Election day and election official would be Wahltag and Wahlbeauftragte(r).
Cheerio,
Dierk

Dierk Seeburg
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 130
Grading comment
Hi Dierk: Briefwahl habe ich auch gefunden. Allerdings funktioniert es bei "in-person early voting" nicht mehr (kommt im Text etwas später vor). "Frühwahl" klingt am einfachsten. Ich habe den Begriff aber noch nie gehört.
Danke:) Ralf
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