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Absatz und Ziffer
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I understand that the German symbol § is either translated as Section or Article (contracts or legislation). But what about Abs. and Ziff. ?
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| 0 | Paragraph and Clause |
Anthony Frey
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| 4 | subsection and clause |
Marc Heinitz
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| 0 | Paragraph and Clause (or Article) |
ttagir
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| 0 | Abs: Paragraph, ZIff.: No. |
Elise Hendrick
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Paragraph and Clause
Depending on the overall structure of your text, I would use Paragraph for Absatz and Clause for Ziffer. It is important that you select terms which maintain the hierachy or the macrostructure of the document.
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Paragraph and Clause (or Article)
Absatz und Ziffer
By "Absatz" in German they always mean a part of text with "CR" at the end (ro, which is the same, started from break line, indented line and continuing to another break line or indented line).
As for "Ziffer", this term stands for a part of text (it might be one paragraph or even some paragraphs (in polygrphic sense)) which is headed by a number. Please note that the part of text, organized as follows:
!-------------------- :
1) ooooooooooooooo
2) kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
3) iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
can also be treated as that "Ziffer".
The porper term "Ziffer" means a figure, or the cipher or (less frequently) a number.
Hope this helps!
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Tagir S. Tagirov
KSU.
I understand that the German symbol § is either translated as Section or Article (contracts or legislation).
But what about Abs. and Ziff. ?
By "Absatz" in German they always mean a part of text with "CR" at the end (ro, which is the same, started from break line, indented line and continuing to another break line or indented line).
As for "Ziffer", this term stands for a part of text (it might be one paragraph or even some paragraphs (in polygrphic sense)) which is headed by a number. Please note that the part of text, organized as follows:
!-------------------- :
1) ooooooooooooooo
2) kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
3) iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
can also be treated as that "Ziffer".
The porper term "Ziffer" means a figure, or the cipher or (less frequently) a number.
Hope this helps!
Sincerely yours,
Dr. Tagir S. Tagirov
KSU.
I understand that the German symbol § is either translated as Section or Article (contracts or legislation).
But what about Abs. and Ziff. ?
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Abs: Paragraph, ZIff.: No.
§ (Paragraph) is generally translated into English as "section", which corresponds to the use of the symbol in English legal language (e.g. 42 U.S.C §1983 for "Title 42 US Code, Section 1983)
Absatz is, as in non-legal language, paragraph.
Ziffer is "number".
Clause is translated as "Satz" or "Halbsatz".
Absatz is, as in non-legal language, paragraph.
Ziffer is "number".
Clause is translated as "Satz" or "Halbsatz".
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subsection and clause
Difficult one; the Bundesfinanzministerium in Berlin has the following guideline (which the native speaking translators developed there:
Deutsch Englisch
Abschnitt / Teil part
Unterabschnitt / Kapitel chapter (nicht zwingend, hängt vom
jeweiligen Gesetz ab)
Paragraph, § section 1
Absatz subsection (1)
Nummer number oder no.
Buchstabe letter (oder nur Buchstabe in
Klammern, z.B. “section 1 (2) (b)”)
Satz sentence
Anstrich, Spiegelstrich indent
In einem Artikelgesetz:
Artikel article
Absatz paragraph (para.)
f = folgender "et seq." (Section 3 et seq.)
ff = folgende "et seqq." (Section 3 et seqq.)
nothing on Ziffer I'm afraid :-(
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Deutsch Englisch
Abschnitt / Teil part
Unterabschnitt / Kapitel chapter (nicht zwingend, hängt vom
jeweiligen Gesetz ab)
Paragraph, § section 1
Absatz subsection (1)
Nummer number oder no.
Buchstabe letter (oder nur Buchstabe in
Klammern, z.B. “section 1 (2) (b)”)
Satz sentence
Anstrich, Spiegelstrich indent
In einem Artikelgesetz:
Artikel article
Absatz paragraph (para.)
f = folgender "et seq." (Section 3 et seq.)
ff = folgende "et seqq." (Section 3 et seqq.)
nothing on Ziffer I'm afraid :-(
greetings
howie
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