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German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Tourism & Travel | |||||||
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4 +3 | the state-owned Hotel Ratskeller |
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the state-owned Hotel Ratskeller Explanation: Same Wikipedia refs as Kim I would either omit the HO prefix (in combination with Hotel, it sounds too much like Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh or Hoho Father Christmas): Hotel Ratskeller or the Ratskeller Hotel or, if the background is considered important, translate it as ‘state-owned’: the state-owned Hotel Ratskeller 'Long Live The Peace' slogans greeted Argyle on arrival in this important cultural and industrial centre and the Union flag flew outside the state-owned hotel in which they stayed. http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/sv-tour-easterneurope.asp Mrs. Schultz manages a modest state-owned hotel in Havelberg, 70 miles northwest of East Berlin. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/10/world/east-german-makes-st... Flying into Havana, we got a taxi to our hotel, the state-owned Hotel Colina. It was a bit like something from cold war Russia. http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/blogs/the-omnivore/5834435... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs (2014-04-12 10:45:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A visit to this useful website would have revealed the meaning http://www.abkuerzungen.de/ http://www.abkuerzungen.de/result.php?searchterm=ho&language... HO Handelsorganisation Auch staatliche Läden der damaligen DDR HO Handover (englisch) (technisches) Weiterreichen ho hands off (englisch) Hände weg (Chatslang) HO Head Office (englisch) Direktion HO Hof Deutsches Kfz.-Kennzeichen Ho Holmium (lateinisch) Chemisches Element HO Horn Österreichisches Kfz.-Kennzeichen |
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