Verfügungsgebäude
English translation: functional building
| 08:55 Aug 9, 2002 |
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|  Selected response from: Steffen Walter Germany Local time: 21:17 | ||||||
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| 5 | multi-purpose building |
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| 4 +1 | functional building |
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| 3 | Verfügungsgebäude |
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| 1 | public access building |
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8 mins confidence: 
multi-purpose building Explanation: see ref. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-08-09 09:06:12 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here is just an additional link http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Verfüg... Reference: http://www.google.de/search?q=multi-purpose+building&ie=UTF-... |
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12 mins confidence: 
Verfügungsgebäude Explanation: It's just possible that this may be the name of a building. I found the site below which mentions a "Verfügungsgebäude" at Hamburg University. It is described as a "low-rise building", but I can't say for sure whether you would use "low-rise" for "Verfügung"; I suspect not. Virtually every bilingual site that I could find with "Verfügungsgebäude" retained the German and didn't bother with an English translation. I'll see whether I can find out anything a little more definite. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-08-09 09:14:22 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here\'s an example of \"Verfügungsgebäude\" being used in an English-language text, from http://www.immatics.com/location.html \"How to reach us (Anfahrtsbeschreibung in deutscher Sprache im PDF-Format zur Herunterladen: bitte klicken Sie hier.) Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH Verfügungsgebäude der Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 15 (Campus Area) 72076 Tübingen Tel. (07071) 29-87623 or 305871 At the entrance of the Verfügungsgebäude you will find a visitor\'s room with telephone. Dial 87623 and you will be picked up. By car: The easiest way to come to Tübingen is via B27 from the Autobahn A8 at Stuttgart. Once you have reached the B27 (four-laned carriageway) Tübingen-Reutlingen, it will take you approximately 20 minutes until you reach the first sign that you are entering Tübingen. Still on the 4-laned carriageway, please take the exit signposted: Tübingen/Nord - Lustnau - Kliniken - Naturwissenschaftliche Institute. Repeated signs will take you to the \"Naturwissenschaftliche Institute\", Auf der Morgenstelle; approximately 2 km). Once you reach the top of the hill continue on the same road until you reach the botanical garden (greenhouse) and see the high buildings of the campus. Take the very next right (after the bus stop) (signposted: Hagelloch). Immediately afterwards, take the next left to find yourself already on the University Campus. Drive past the multi-storey car park on the left until you reach a barrier. A guard will let you drive through, if you tell him that you are a visitor of the \"Verfügungsgebäude\". Carry on 500 m. The \'Verfügungsgebäude\' is the last building at the end of the road. Please call our secretary from the visitor\'s room, on the right at the entrance (87623).\" Reference: http://www.skyscrapers.com/english/worldmap/building/0.9/151... |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1functional building Explanation: That's how I would translate it drawing from usage on the website cited below. I'm not really at home with Rowan's suggestion to leave it "as is" in English since IMO a) no native BE/AE speaker would understand the underlying concept and b) the term seems to be of a reasonably bureaucratic nature and is not a proper name AFAIK. Reference: http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~hw4/NIR/PR/ernz.htm |
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7 hrs confidence:
public access building Explanation: as opposed to administrative building Just a guess. The mystery remains |
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