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09:40 Jan 6, 2016 |
German to English translations [PRO] History / German Occupation of Eastern Europe during World War II | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Ramey Rieger (X) Germany Local time: 03:05 | ||||||
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4 | Privileged rations |
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3 | food/rations hierarchy |
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3 | adjusted food allowance |
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3 | extra grub arrangement |
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2 | Agreement on Feeding your Face |
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1 | food rationing scheme |
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food/rations hierarchy Explanation: To get things started... |
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adjusted food allowance Explanation: That's what sounds right to me. Sorry, I have no references. |
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Privileged rations Explanation: As far as I can tell, this may be related to the New Economic Policy concept of privileged rations - soldiers and others such as manual laborers would receive additional/extra rations. This was also in the early 1920s, not WWII - but I think it's the same concept. "A resolution passed by workers at the Arsenal works in the middle of the volynka contained the following demands. 1. abolition of privileged rations for specialists and soviet officials and their equalization to the level of the workers;" https://books.google.com/books?id=jDhNb3EDSNoC&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=%22privileged+rations%22&source=bl&ots=Wx2kJQvW0k&sig=1TH_zrsl9AddbcFAW https://books.google.com/books?id=7e-AetanuNIC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=new+economic+policy+rations&source=bl&ots=ZZK5-TSuYd&sig=1qK5oYfmbCQMp19l |
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food rationing scheme Explanation: Appears to be the deep structure here, though nearly impossible to reflect the Fress bit idea in English. "feedbag agreement"? |
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extra grub arrangement Explanation: "As a regular airman, soon to be outnumbered by the amount Of call-up men around me, I was expected to know the ropes and pass on any information which would lead to extra grub." https://books.google.com/books?id=fuao0PzEo_0C&pg=PA86&lpg=P... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days8 hrs (2016-01-08 17:46:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Grub cannot be too colloquial in this context because German "fressen" is about as colloquial as it gets. |
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Agreement on Feeding your Face Explanation: or Stuffing your Face Somewhat bucolic but acceptable |
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