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Dreiländerregion

English translation: tri-country region


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05:15 Mar 16, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Economics
German term or phrase: Dreiländerregion
The Dreiländerregion refers to Lower Bavaria, Southern Bohemia and Upper Austria - it is a caption for an article.
Cynthia Göttle-Greenwood
Local time: 00:40
English translation:tri-country region
Explanation:
you could keep the German too. This is an En equivalent afaik. Tri-state area and tri-county area are also used in En.

Bad Wildbad in the Black Forest: Black Forest
Most of the area is heavily wooded, and stretches from the Tri-Country Region (Switzerland-France-Germany) along the Upper Rhine lowlands 160 km to the ...
www.bad-wildbad.eu/index.cfm/index.cfm?fuseaction...id.

USAID CP FY97 - Paraguay
... square mile reserve, one the last large continuous tracts of Interior Atlantic Rainforest in the tri-country region of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. ...
www.usaid.gov/pubs/cp97/countries/py.htm

- IPS Inter Press Service
... produce a broad range of negative effects, some of which would be catastrophic in the tri-country region where Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya intersect." ...
ipsnews.net/africa/text/news.asp?idnews=50241

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writeaway
Local time: 00:40
Grading comment
Thanks for the info that I can stick with the German.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +7tri-country region
writeaway
4German-Czech Republic-Austrian border triangle
sappho
3region where three countries meetBrigitteHilgner


  

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region where three countries meet


Explanation:
common expression

BrigitteHilgner
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German-Czech Republic-Austrian border triangle


Explanation:
In this specific case

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-03-16 07:14:05 GMT)
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or just border triangle


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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
tri-country region


Explanation:
you could keep the German too. This is an En equivalent afaik. Tri-state area and tri-county area are also used in En.

Bad Wildbad in the Black Forest: Black Forest
Most of the area is heavily wooded, and stretches from the Tri-Country Region (Switzerland-France-Germany) along the Upper Rhine lowlands 160 km to the ...
www.bad-wildbad.eu/index.cfm/index.cfm?fuseaction...id.

USAID CP FY97 - Paraguay
... square mile reserve, one the last large continuous tracts of Interior Atlantic Rainforest in the tri-country region of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. ...
www.usaid.gov/pubs/cp97/countries/py.htm

- IPS Inter Press Service
... produce a broad range of negative effects, some of which would be catastrophic in the tri-country region where Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya intersect." ...
ipsnews.net/africa/text/news.asp?idnews=50241



writeaway
Local time: 00:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks for the info that I can stick with the German.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: Sounds good to me - and I've learned something. :-)
51 mins

agree  Nicole Schnell
1 hr

agree  Goldcoaster
1 hr

agree  Nicola Wood: like this, and also agree with the advice that you could stick with the German
2 hrs

agree  Birgit Gläser
2 hrs

agree  Kim Metzger
6 hrs

agree  Nicole Backhaus
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