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Gemeente Schoten

English translation: municipiality Schoten

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Flemish term or phrase:Gemeente Schoten
English translation:municipiality Schoten
Entered by: Jana Cole (X)

18:10 Oct 3, 2008
Flemish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / divorce document
Flemish term or phrase: Gemeente Schoten
I am a French to English translator working with a divorce document from Belgium. It has stamps at the bottom of it. I want to know what the term on these stamps means, and what kind of stamps they are. See link.

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Jana Cole (X)
Local time: 07:44
municipiality Schoten
Explanation:
Gemeente = Gemeinde (German) = municipiality (English)

Schoten is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoten

Schoten ist eine Gemeinde in der belgischen Provinz Antwerpen und zählt ca. 33.000 Einwohner (Stand 2006). http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoten
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Andrea Winzer
United States
Local time: 10:44
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4municipiality Schoten
Andrea Winzer
4 +1Community of /Town of Schoten
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
GEMEENTE SCHOTEN
municipiality Schoten


Explanation:
Gemeente = Gemeinde (German) = municipiality (English)

Schoten is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoten

Schoten ist eine Gemeinde in der belgischen Provinz Antwerpen und zählt ca. 33.000 Einwohner (Stand 2006). http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoten


Andrea Winzer
United States
Local time: 10:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: of course-was this posted on the German-English site first? I happen to live in Belgium but it's easily findable on the www. Is basically part of Antwerp.
1 min
  -> Thank you :)) Yes, it was posted on the German-English site first and then disappeared ....
agree  Paul Peeraerts: akkoord (behalve met de 3de i)
40 mins
  -> Thank you :))
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
1 hr
  -> Vielen Dank, Ingeborg :))
agree  Jürgen Lakhal De Muynck
22 hrs
  -> Thank you :))
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
GEMEENTE SCHOTEN
Community of /Town of Schoten


Explanation:
Schoten ist the name of the town. "gemeente" indicates it is a small town.

LegalTrans D
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Georgetina Meyer Kirkland: I like this tranlation better as it sounds more like what it really is: a small town.
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Reference

Reference information:
Schoten (Municipality, Province of Antwerp, Belgium)
The municipality of Schoten (33132 inhabitants on 1 January 2007; 2955 ha) is located east of Antwerp. In the XIIth century, Schoten belonged to the lords ...
www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/be-vanst.htm

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