Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Präsidiales und Kultur
English translation:
executive services and culture
Dec 10, 2018 12:08
5 yrs ago
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German term
Vera Draack
Präsidiales und Kultur
German to English
Other
Government / Politics
Swiss German
A public office in a Swiss town or canton. Found at the bottom of a "Schriftenempfangsschein" (acknowledgement of receipt of documents). This is for a certified translation from German to English.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | executive services and culture |
philgoddard
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| 2 +2 | Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Culture |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 3 | Office of Elections and Community Affairs |
Michael Martin, MA
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Change log
Dec 10, 2018 12:08: Yana Dovgopol changed "Vetting" from "Needs Vetting" to "Vet OK"
Dec 10, 2018 12:08: Yana Dovgopol changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Dec 10, 2018 13:07: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "Swiss German"
Proposed translations
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2 hrs
philgoddard
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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39
Selected
executive services and culture
Writeaway's reference says: "Die Abteilung Präsidiales und Kultur erfüllt zahlreiche Dienstleistungen für die Exekutive", and goes on to list a ragbag of items such as managing elections and the council's website. So "executive services" is suitably vague.
Note from asker:
| Thank you! I chose this suggestion because, as you say, it's suitably vague, yet still implies what they do. As the others also mentioned, I capitalized it. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Executive Services and Culture"
+2
2 hrs
Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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21
Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Culture
Department of Municipal Affairs of the Canton of St. Gallen
http://perso.unifr.ch/marco.portmann/en/research/reports
Ministerium für Präsidiales und Finanzen / Ministry for General Government Affairs and Finance
http://www.regierung.li/default.aspx?lang=en
http://perso.unifr.ch/marco.portmann/en/research/reports
Ministerium für Präsidiales und Finanzen / Ministry for General Government Affairs and Finance
http://www.regierung.li/default.aspx?lang=en
Peer comment(s):
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AllegroTrans
20 hrs
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Many thanks, AllegroTrans
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Gordon Matthews
: Good solution, especially if document is older than about 20 yrs. "Municipal Affairs" sounds a little old-fashioned to me nowadays.
23 hrs
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Thanks, Gordon. Its still in use in Liechtenstein, tho I guess that's not conclusive!
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2 hrs
Michael Martin, MA
United States
United States
Native in German
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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76
Office of Elections and Community Affairs
Or something to that effect
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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-12-10 14:56:56 GMT)
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Not sure the word "culture"would get much use in this context.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-12-10 14:56:56 GMT)
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Not sure the word "culture"would get much use in this context.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
philgoddard
: However you translate "Präsidiales", you can't ignore "Kultur".
3 hrs
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Not ignoring it at all. Only using something that covers the same aspects and works better in English.
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AllegroTrans
: Community Affairs encompasses asdministrative functions to my mind; "Kultur" is something else and you've ignored it here. Also, this Dept. deals with much more than elections
19 hrs
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Reference comments
1 hr
Reference:
Abteilung Präsidiales und Kultur (fwiw/hth)
Die Abteilung Präsidiales und Kultur erfüllt zahlreiche Dienstleistungen für die Exekutive und ist für folgendes zuständig:
Wahlen und Abstimmungen
Mitteilungsblatt
Homepage
Kulturkreis Birmensdorf
Archiv
Führung der Geschäftsstelle Zweckverband Kläranlage
Arbeitssicherheit
Friedensrichteramt
http://www.birmensdorf.ch/de/verwaltung/departemente/welcome...
Wahlen und Abstimmungen
Mitteilungsblatt
Homepage
Kulturkreis Birmensdorf
Archiv
Führung der Geschäftsstelle Zweckverband Kläranlage
Arbeitssicherheit
Friedensrichteramt
http://www.birmensdorf.ch/de/verwaltung/departemente/welcome...
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