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"gesellschaftlicher Auftrag"

English translation: social objective


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German term or phrase:gesellschaftlicher Auftrag
English translation:social objective
Entered by: Poecheim
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German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
German term or phrase: "gesellschaftlicher Auftrag"
Der ~ besteht darin, dass Betreuung, Erziehung und Bildung in größtmöglicher Qualität erbracht werden sollen.

There must be an appropriate English expression. Who can help? Tx in advance!
Poecheim
Austria
Local time: 02:25
social objective
Explanation:
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Brian Wolfe
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:25
Grading comment
thanks to everybody. I prefer "objective" to "mission".
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1social objective
Brian Wolfe
4duty / commision of the society
Hannah Gunasingh
4social missionRoman Klare


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gesellschaftlicher Auftrag
social mission


Explanation:
sounds good to me....
or societal mission. might depend on the context a little bit.
although actually there's not much of a difference
hope that helped!

Roman Klare
Germany
Local time: 02:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
Notes to answerer
Asker: Danke für die Anregung, das hat mich auf "Public interest" gebracht - was hältst du davon?

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
gesellschaftlicher Auftrag
social objective


Explanation:


Brian Wolfe
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
thanks to everybody. I prefer "objective" to "mission".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrew Swift: How about 'charge'? Approx one in ten googles comes up with an encouraging hit but most are to do with paying council tax or non-UK equivalent.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gesellschaftlicher Auftrag
duty / commision of the society


Explanation:
This is if the the context deals with the society's duty towards...

Hannah Gunasingh
India
Local time: 06:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TamilTamil

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Andrew Swift: Which society? (Use of definite article) Also, with words like 'commission' it is always best to run them past a spellcheck before posting on Kudoz.
53 mins
  -> OK - you're right.
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