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German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Education / Pedagogy | | German term or phrase: Lehr- und Unterrichtsaufgaben | Für Beschäftigte, die aus Drittmittel finanziert werden, gehören Lehr- und Unterrichtsaufgaben im Sinne § 59 Abs. 1 Satz 4 HG grundsätzlich nicht zu den geschuldeten wissenschaftlichen Dienstleistungen.
From a work contract for somebody working at a university hospital and preparing a doctoral thesis. I thought these two terms meant the same thing. What is the difference? |
|  Shane LondonKudoZ activityQuestions: 900 (none open) ( 20 closed without grading) Answers: 138
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| | Teaching and tutoring duties | Explanation:
Sometimes I translate the more specifically categorized German terms with an umbrella English term (in this case, teaching duties), but my feel for the difference is one of degree: lehren is definitely teaching, but unterrichten could be with smaller groups or individuals, thus, tutoring might work. |
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Paula Trucks-Pape
Local time: 09:35
| Grading comment I think I will go with the votes on this one. Thankyou very much.
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11 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 Teaching and tutoring duties
Explanation:
Sometimes I translate the more specifically categorized German terms with an umbrella English term (in this case, teaching duties), but my feel for the difference is one of degree: lehren is definitely teaching, but unterrichten could be with smaller groups or individuals, thus, tutoring might work.
| Paula Trucks-Pape
Local time: 09:35
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Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 8
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| | Grading comment | I think I will go with the votes on this one. Thankyou very much. |
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