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Verkehrsschrift

English translation: business script (German unified shorthand)

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German term or phrase:Verkehrsschrift
English translation:business script (German unified shorthand)

23:15 Apr 12, 2017
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History / German Gothic handwriting
German term or phrase: Verkehrsschrift
This is one of three related terms Verkehrsschrift, Urkundenschrift, Aktenreinschrift, which are types of the German Gothic handwriting. The terms are needed for a historical analysis of personal letter from the 1830s.

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business script (German unified shorthand)
Explanation:

German Unified Shorthand (Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift)
Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift is a German stenography system composed of three levels:
Verkehrsschrift, Eilschrift, and Redeschrift (business script, speed script, and speech script).

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business script (German unified shorthand)


Explanation:

German Unified Shorthand (Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift)
Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift is a German stenography system composed of three levels:
Verkehrsschrift, Eilschrift, and Redeschrift (business script, speed script, and speech script).

http://www.travelphrases.info/languages/shorthand.htm


Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 09:48
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 60

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agree  David Hollywood: or: commercial script
47 mins
  -> yes, thanks David! My Grandpa was a master in Stolze-Schrey , and I remember how he tried to teach me his "secret script" when I was 10 years old...:-)
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Reference information:
https://books.google.com.ar/books?isbn=0195072553 - Traducir esta página
Kurt Gödel, ‎Solomon Feferman - 1995 - ‎Mathematics
At the second level, the Verkehrsschrift ("commercial script"), certain standard elements may be left out, to be filled in during transcription, while at the third level, ...

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