Islamisch

English translation: Muslim

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German term or phrase:Islamisch
English translation:Muslim
Entered by: Edith Kelly

08:08 Aug 11, 2015
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Religion / Birth certificate
German term or phrase: Islamisch
I'm translating a birth certificate from German. I have the name of the person then the term Islamisch, i.e. Vorname, Nachname, Islamisch.

Do I translate this simply as Islamic? I don't want to offend anyone by using the wrong term.
Kathryn O'Donoghue
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:46
Muslim
Explanation:
Also strange on a German birth certificate.
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Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 14:46
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Edith Kelly


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Muslim


Explanation:
Also strange on a German birth certificate.

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 14:46
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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agree  Darin Fitzpatrick
28 mins

agree  Steffen Walter: Not strange at all - could be a descendant (with German citizenship) of the first generation of Turkish immigrants to Germany, for example. / Richtig, aber auch erst seit einigen Jahren.
32 mins
  -> Danke, aber in D'land heißt es auch Moslem und Muslima // Es ist der Islam (Religion) und der Moslem (Mensch), so war es immer schon, habe nie etwas anders gehört. Besonders die Türken sind stolz, Muslime zu sein.

agree  writeaway: religion is always mentioned I thought.
1 hr

agree  franglish
3 hrs

agree  Dhananjay Rau: Agree. I agree with Steffen too. I would say the term in the source itself (Islamisch) is wrong.
18 hrs

agree  Jacek Konopka
1 day 1 hr
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