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gazetteer

German translation: Ortslexikon


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English term or phrase:gazetteer
German translation:Ortslexikon
Entered by: lehmannanke
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10:54 May 28, 2010
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Social Sciences - History
English term or phrase: gazetteer
In dem Text geht es um China und seinen Umgang mit Kriegsveteranen in den 1950er Jahren.

The Civil Affairs section of Anhui’s provincial gazetteer notes that, from 1950-1958, the province took in 224,344 veterans, among whom 198,448 (88.5%) were returned to the countryside from which they came

Für gazetteer habe ich "geographisches Lexikon" gefunden, aber auch "amtliches Zeitungsschreiben". Kennt sich jemand mit China aus?
lehmannanke
Local time: 03:24
Ortslexikon
Explanation:
Scheint mir hier am passendsten. "Gazetteer" wird allerdings auch im Deutschen verwendet und könnte hier m. E. auch stehen gelassen werden.
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Boris Rogowski
Germany
Local time: 03:24
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Ortslexikon


Explanation:
Scheint mir hier am passendsten. "Gazetteer" wird allerdings auch im Deutschen verwendet und könnte hier m. E. auch stehen gelassen werden.

Boris Rogowski
Germany
Local time: 03:24
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Gudrun Wolfrath: würde Gazetteer wählen
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