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Reichskommissariat

English translation: Reich Commission (Civil administration)

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German term or phrase:Reichskommissariat
English translation:Reich Commission (Civil administration)
Entered by: Kim Metzger

11:38 Nov 26, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / About forced and compulsory labor in the Third Reich
German term or phrase: Reichskommissariat
Hallo,

This is addressed to American colleagues. I am told that the German Reich is written in American English. Okay.

So how do you say Reichskommissariat. Would we just leave it as it is, or write something else.

I'd be grateful for any comments.

Thanks in advnace,

Maria
Maria Schmitz
Germany
Local time: 17:01
Reich Commission (Civil administration)
Explanation:
• Netherlands - Netherlands Reich Commission (Civil administration)
Capital: Amsterdam
• Norway - Norway Reich Commission (Civil administration)
Capital: Oslo
• Ostland - Ostland Reich Commission (Civil administration)
Capital: Riga
• Serbia - Military Administration in Serbia (Military administration)
Capital: Belgrade
• Ukraine - Ukraine Reich Commission (Civil administration)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_194...
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 09:01
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4 +6Reich Commission (Civil administration)
Kim Metzger
3 +2Reichskommissariat (Realm Commissariat)
freekfluweel


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Reich Commission (Civil administration)


Explanation:
• Netherlands - Netherlands Reich Commission (Civil administration)
Capital: Amsterdam
• Norway - Norway Reich Commission (Civil administration)
Capital: Oslo
• Ostland - Ostland Reich Commission (Civil administration)
Capital: Riga
• Serbia - Military Administration in Serbia (Military administration)
Capital: Belgrade
• Ukraine - Ukraine Reich Commission (Civil administration)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_194...


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 09:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 212
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/chap15_part02.asp but perhaps best to keep the German as well /agree-put in the English once. it's enough (and necessary imo)
48 mins
  -> Yes, when the German term is used for the first time.
agree  Susan Welsh
1 hr
agree  Helen Shiner
1 hr
agree  Thayenga: :)
3 hrs
agree  Rebecca Garber: English the first time it is used.
4 hrs
agree  Rosa Paredes
6 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Reichskommissariat (Realm Commissariat)


Explanation:
Analogue to Reich, leave it untranslated, with EN-translation between ()

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichskommissariat

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Note added at 14 min (2012-11-26 11:53:11 GMT)
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(even in French and Russian it is left untranslated, see Wiki!!!)

freekfluweel
Netherlands
Local time: 17:01
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Martin, MA: Agree, but get rid of Realm Commissariat, please http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft Word - 5785.pdf
26 mins
neutral  writeaway: Realm Commisariat is completely wrong. not even remotely English. I agree with the advice you give which is why I haven't given the actual English answer the red disagree it deserves.
44 mins
disagree  Helen Shiner: Realm Commissariat is misleading and wrong, hence the disagree, which I give out very infrequently; sorry.
2 hrs
agree  Alexander C. Thomson: Agree only with Reichskommissariat on its own. This is one of those cases where a non-native speaker of English on Wikipedia has zealously overtranslated. It’s always ‘Reichskommissariat’ in historical writing in English.
3 hrs
agree  conny: nciht übersetzen, aber Erklärung in (), z.B. "civil administration of the German Reich in countries occupied during WWII
3 hrs
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