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18:57 Nov 18, 2009
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO] Law (general)
Lithuanian term or phrase:miesto rajonas, kaimas
Kaip verstusi kazkokio miesto "rajonas" ir kazkokiu pavadinimu "kaimas" ? Ar tai butu District and a Village ar Rural District and Village?
Explanation: Assuming that the authors of the document knew what they were writing and were not making a mistake, then „miesto rajonas“ would be City Region, i.e. a Region (rajonas) surrounding a City (miestas) of the same name, which is the case with several Lithuanian cities and surrounding regions, including Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda. „Kaimas“ can, of course, also refer to a rural area, but when attached to a proper name it is more likely to mean Village.
Pakruojo rajonas, Gudoniu kaimas labai paprastai = Pakruojis Region, Gudoniai Village. Tačiau EN kalboje žmonės linkę pirma minėti kaimą, tada rajoną (Gudoniai Village in the Pakruojis Region)
Kažkada lyg ir diskutavom - didžiausia problema, kaip vadinti apskritį ir rajoną. Tai, berods, nusprendėm, kad tiksliausiai būtų 'district' ir 'region'.
Explanation: Assuming that the authors of the document knew what they were writing and were not making a mistake, then „miesto rajonas“ would be City Region, i.e. a Region (rajonas) surrounding a City (miestas) of the same name, which is the case with several Lithuanian cities and surrounding regions, including Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda. „Kaimas“ can, of course, also refer to a rural area, but when attached to a proper name it is more likely to mean Village.
Example sentence(s):
The term city region has been in use since about 1950 by urbanists, economists and urban planners to mean not just the administrative area of a recognisable city or conurbation but also its hinterland that will often be far bigger.
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