der Wissensstand

English translation: the level of knowledge

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German term or phrase:	der Wissensstand
English translation:	the level of knowledge

11:50 Nov 7, 2003

German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy

German term or phrase: der Wissensstand

"vor dem Hintergrund des rasant zunehmenden Informations- und Wissensstandes in unseren heutigen Gesellschaft"

GLACET Anne

level of knowlege

Explanation:
in view of the rapidly increasing level of information and knowledge in modern (today's) society

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Note added at 31 mins (2003-11-07 12:22:49 GMT)
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or \"levels\" (since Informationsstand and Wissensstand are in fact different)

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Note added at 18 hrs 14 mins (2003-11-08 06:05:08 GMT)
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@Aniello: Yes - my main subject (also for translating)!

Selected response from:

AngieD
Local time: 22:47

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +7

level of knowlege

AngieD

4 +1

I'd say

gangels (X)

level of sophistication

Naomi Mallinson (X)

h.a.l.b.

Aniello Scognamiglio (X)

Answers

40 mins confidence:

h.a.l.b.

Explanation:
perhaps, it does sound a bit negative, but can it be excluded in the German (context!)?

in view of our society that is being increasingly infiltrated by information and knowledge (or ...by an information and knowledge culture).

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Note added at 43 mins (2003-11-07 12:34:19 GMT)
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@Angie: yes, seems to be so, KM stuff is good stuff, isn\'t it?

Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
Germany
Local time: 22:47
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 32

1 hr confidence:

level of sophistication

Explanation:
in view of the rapidly increasing level of information and sophistication in today's society

Naomi Mallinson (X)
Native speaker of:

English

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

I'd say

Explanation:
against the backdrop of a rapidly increasing hoard of information and knowledge contemporary society is confronted with

or even "corpus of..." if you want to give it an academic twist

gangels (X)
Local time: 14:47
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 84

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

level of knowlege

AngieD
Local time: 22:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

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