Gründungslehrstuhls
English translation: (named) chair = distinguished professorial position
| 07:15 Sep 4, 2000 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
|  Selected response from: Nancy Schmeing Canada Local time: 07:08 | |||
Grading comment
| ||||
| Summary of answers provided | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| na | (holder of the) founding chair |
| ||
| na | (named) chair = distinguished professorial position |
| ||
| na | see below |
|
Answers
49 mins
(holder of the) founding chair Explanation: There are lots of examples that fit the context, if you look in Google with "founding chair". Reference: http://www.breastcancerinfo.com/news/html/nb_final_asc01.asp |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
1 hr
(named) chair = distinguished professorial position Explanation: This position is the sort that would be called in NAmerica e.g. The Bernard Baruch Chair for Political Science at UNC. Dr Smith would be the Bernard Baruch Professor of Poly Sci. It is a bit confusing since the word chair is also used for the chairman of the whole department, then chair is not a position, it is the person. From your context it looks as if the chair name had been mentioned previously. Your Inhaber... could be rendered: the incumbent in the famous German XYZ professorship. Or, you could work the famous German in elsewhere and say Now the XYZ Professor It's more awkward than I thought, but your context can lead you in the challenge. The URLs show this in German and English. This one shows professors in named chairs and just plain professors. http://www.nyu.edu:81/gsas/dept/fineart/html/fct.htm BW, Nancy Reference: http://www.ksk-tuebingen.de/spi/nf/lehr42.html Reference: http://www.sv.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/~ogawa/e-intro.html |
| |
Grading comment
| ||
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
3 hrs
see below Explanation: by way of adding my two bits, you might also consider substituting _most [highly] respected_ for _most famous_, since such honors generally escape the attention of the great unwashed. |
| |
| Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) | ||
Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.
You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.
KudoZ™ translation help
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.
See also:
Search millions of term translations