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Ortskernareal

English translation: city centre site

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German term or phrase:Ortskernareal
English translation:city centre site
Entered by: Alexander Schleber (X)

04:58 Aug 19, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Ortskernareal
Legende unter einem Bild eines Schalungskatalogs.

"Ortskernareal Bad Bellingen"

Das Bild zeigt eine großflächige Deckenschalung.

TIA
Vesna Zivcic
Local time: 00:15
city centre site
Explanation:
The site (Areal) in the city centre (Ortskern) where the formworks (Schalung) are (being) installed.

HTH
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Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 00:15
Grading comment
This fits perfectly. Thank you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
nacentre of...
Klaus Dorn (X)
nacity centre site
Alexander Schleber (X)
naDowntown area/section
Antje Ruppert
na -1city centre
Sven Petersson


  

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5 mins peer agreement (net): -1
city centre


Explanation:
litt.: city centre area


    My geriatric brain.
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 00:15
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1641

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Alexander Schleber (X): That's the whole shebang. "areal" means a certain area"
1 hr
  -> Thank you for correcting me.
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6 mins
centre of...


Explanation:
This is a typical German construction of three nouns (ort, kern and areal) which finds no English equivalent, really. "Ortskern" is really the centre of a small town (Bad Bellingen sounds just the place) and "areal" just describes the area of this centre. In English, I would simply translate it into "centre of Bad Bellingen" and be done with it.

Klaus Dorn (X)
Local time: 01:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 1514

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr Janine Manuel BSc BHB MBChB
16 mins
disagree  Alexander Schleber (X): That's the whole shebang. "areal" means a certain area"
1 hr
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1 hr
city centre site


Explanation:
The site (Areal) in the city centre (Ortskern) where the formworks (Schalung) are (being) installed.

HTH

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 00:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2426
Grading comment
This fits perfectly. Thank you very much!
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1 hr
Downtown area/section


Explanation:
I have noticed that in US English 'downtown' is used more frequently than 'center'.

HTH,

Antje


    experience
Antje Ruppert
United States
Local time: 18:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 73
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