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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Zeitzeugendokument

English translation:

eyewitness account

Added to glossary by Olaf Reibedanz
Jan 23, 2004 14:40
20 yrs ago
2 viewers *
German term

Zeitzeugendokument

German to English Art/Literary
Die Authentizität seiner Persönlichkeit macht den Film zu einem einzigartigen **Zeitzeugendokument** der Geschichte und Kultur deutscher Sinti im 20. Jahrhundert, die noch immer viel zu wenig bekannt sind.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +11 "eyewitness account"
4 +2 Eyewitness account
3 +1 testimony by a contemporary witness
4 evidence by a contemporary witness
4 (documentary) witness
3 living proof

Proposed translations

+11
13 mins
Selected

"eyewitness account"

succinct
Peer comment(s):
agree Armorel Young
14 mins
agree writeaway
19 mins
agree TonyTK
47 mins
agree David Moore (X)
50 mins
agree Mag. Sabine Senn
1 hr
agree Mario Marcolin
1 hr
agree Yann Anyr Bouchedor
1 hr
agree Deborah Shannon : no need for the quotation marks
2 hrs
you're right of course. I think I misunderstood the instructions to mean that the answer should be put in quotes. I'm new at this game
agree Kim Metzger
2 hrs
agree jerrie
2 hrs
agree Nancy Arrowsmith
3 hrs
disagree Edhild : Zeitzeuge is not necessarily a Augenzeuge (eye witness), therefore I'd prefer Norbert Günther Kramer's answer as
5 hrs
agree Brandis (X)
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks to everybody!"
+1
3 mins

testimony by a contemporary witness

*
Peer comment(s):
agree Tobi
2 mins
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+2
15 mins

Eyewitness account

" His reflections provide an eyewitness account of the history of New York..."

and numerous other examples...
Reference:

www.canarsiecourier.com/News/2003/ 0123/Arts_Entertainment/025.html

Peer comment(s):
agree writeaway
17 mins
agree Kim Metzger
2 hrs
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17 mins

evidence by a contemporary witness

perhaps. Good luck, Olaf Reibedanz!
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1 hr

(documentary) witness

I would just simply say "witness". makes the film a unique (documentary - maybe) witness

... decline and fall of the tin industry through periods of boom ... Be a living witness and record your recollections ... the topics featured on the Nation on Film web site ...
www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/topics/tin-mining
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1 day 9 hrs

living proof

just suggesting a softer version of
words already previously submitted
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