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French term or phrase:Burg
English translation:Burg
Entered by: Beatriz Candil Garcia
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09:02 Apr 6, 2011
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Tourism & Travel
French term or phrase: Burg
For horse drawn carriage tours, in this context thanks

Promenades standard

Pour la promenade standard, vous faites la file à la station de calèches (Markt) ou le mercredi avant-midi sur le Burg.
Beatriz Candil Garcia
Local time: 02:42
Burg
Explanation:
Name of the square.
Selected response from:

Christoph Verplancke
Belgium
Local time: 02:42
Grading comment
thx
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8Burg
Christoph Verplancke
4town hall
Laura Bennett
Summary of reference entries provided
Burg squareRoy vd Heijden

  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
town hall


Explanation:
HTH!


    Reference: http://www.visit-bruges.com/monuments/the-town-hall-and-the-...
Laura Bennett
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: town hall in Dutch is stadhuis. you should have posted the other words: Burg Square
4 hrs
  -> I know - I should have read the question properly - hey ho! I agree with Christoph's answer
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Burg


Explanation:
Name of the square.

Christoph Verplancke
Belgium
Local time: 02:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
Grading comment
thx

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frederic Gendron: yes, as well as The Markt
4 mins
  -> Merci, FG traduction.

agree  Roy vd Heijden: Burg Square
4 mins
  -> Thank you, Roy.

agree  Gilla Evans
25 mins

agree  etienne muylle i wallace
35 mins
  -> Thanks Etienne.

agree  writeaway: well yes. lots of info about Bruges all over the www. suffit de regarder. tourism jobs about places one isn't familiar with require a bit of research./http://www.hippo.be/koets/carriage.htm is the current En version. fwiw/m.i. dit is ook van stad Brugge
1 hr
  -> Thank you. I prefer to choose more authoritative sources like a city website, if available. Didn't need to here though, I know the place inside out.

agree  B D Finch
4 hrs
  -> Thank you!

agree  AllegroTrans: this is just so obvious for Bruges, why can't this asker usse google before posting questions like this one? (I would never try to translate text without at least some background information concerning the subject)
9 hrs
  -> ;-)

agree  Laura Bennett
9 hrs
  -> Thank you Laura.
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Reference comments


8 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Burg square

Reference information:
"BRUGES : The Town Hall and the Burg Square

Bruges is a city with two town squares. The largest one is the Market, the commercial heart of medieval Bruges. The second square is called the 'Burg'. Here was, and still is, the heart of the administrative Bruges."


    Reference: http://www.trabel.com/brugge/bruges-burg.htm
Roy vd Heijden
Belgium
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  writeaway: http://www.hippo.be/koets/carriage.htm
1 hr
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Non-PRO (3): Barbara Carrara, Rob Grayson, Rachel Fell


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Apr 6, 2011 - Changes made by Rachel Fell:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO


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