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Judenwinkel

English translation: Jewish corner

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German term or phrase:Judenwinkel
English translation:Jewish corner
Entered by: Ellen Kraus

09:37 May 4, 2017
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion / Judentum/Jewish area of a town
German term or phrase: Judenwinkel
Ich suche eine Übersetzung für den Begriff "Judenwinkel" in folgendem Kontext:

Um 1820 setzte sich die kleine jüdische Gemeinde aus acht Familien zusammen; sie lebten größtenteils im sogenannten "Judenwinkel".

Kann mir hier jemand weiterhelfen?
Optical
Local time: 14:53
Jewish corner
Explanation:
"JEWISH CORNER" is definitely preferable to quarter, see:
https://pt.pinterest.com/pin/204350901818753156/

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Note added at 23 Min. (2017-05-04 10:01:09 GMT)
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"Few Jews from the so-called "Jewish Corner" in Amsterdam escaped "

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Note added at 31 Min. (2017-05-04 10:09:05 GMT)
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or Jews`corner / but it can also be left untranslated see below:
kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/janovice_nad_uhlavou/History.html
(Originally in Czech, translated into English by Magda Simonovská) ... Janovice, a salesman, bought a house in Nyrsko (Neuern) in the so called "Judenwinkel".
[PDF]The catalog of the museum (English) - Jüdisches Museum Hohenems
www.jm-hohenems.at/static/uploads/.../der-katalog-zur-dauer...
Former Jewish poorhouse (left), in the former “Judenwinkel” (Jew's Corner) a28. Tenants of the ... Copyediting (English): Lilian Dombrowski, Luisa Jaffé-Brunner.
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Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 14:53
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4 +5Jewish corner
Ellen Kraus


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Jewish corner


Explanation:
"JEWISH CORNER" is definitely preferable to quarter, see:
https://pt.pinterest.com/pin/204350901818753156/

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Note added at 23 Min. (2017-05-04 10:01:09 GMT)
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"Few Jews from the so-called "Jewish Corner" in Amsterdam escaped "

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Note added at 31 Min. (2017-05-04 10:09:05 GMT)
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or Jews`corner / but it can also be left untranslated see below:
kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/janovice_nad_uhlavou/History.html
(Originally in Czech, translated into English by Magda Simonovská) ... Janovice, a salesman, bought a house in Nyrsko (Neuern) in the so called "Judenwinkel".
[PDF]The catalog of the museum (English) - Jüdisches Museum Hohenems
www.jm-hohenems.at/static/uploads/.../der-katalog-zur-dauer...
Former Jewish poorhouse (left), in the former “Judenwinkel” (Jew's Corner) a28. Tenants of the ... Copyediting (English): Lilian Dombrowski, Luisa Jaffé-Brunner.

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 14:53
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Martin, MA: or Jews' Corner
44 mins
  -> Thank you, Michael
agree  Tariq Khader (X)
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Tariq !
agree  writeaway: only with Jewish. definitely not with "Jews' " And in English the term 'quarter' is used more than corner /Jewish not Jews' for today's readership
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, writeaway! Initially I had suggested "quarter" but since only 8 families are involved, I finally opted for corner.
agree  Eleanore Strauss: Jews', not Jewish in this context of medieval practice. Although corner is more precise, quarter is more appropriate... OK, agree... even 'nook' would work, given that it only involves 8 families..
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, ElliCom. In my first answer I had suggested quarter, but withdrew it considering that in the present context where only 8 families are involved, corner would be more appropriate.
agree  Rebecca Garber: Jewish. The original is from the 19th century, thus modern. And I agree with writeaway that 'quarter' is the more common term in English.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Rebecca !
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