Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Findkartei
English translation:
search and find facility
Added to glossary by
Orla Ryan
Nov 16, 2004 17:50
19 yrs ago
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German term
Findkartei
German to English
Social Sciences
History
Government Archive Service
"Anliegend uebersende ich Ihnen in Kopie die in der Findkartei des Bestandes "xxxx" ermittelten Karteikarten mit dem Namen "A" und "B"."
Not sure what to make of "Findkartei" - thanks :)
Orla
Not sure what to make of "Findkartei" - thanks :)
Orla
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | search and find facility |
Victoria Bryan (X)
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| 2 | locator file |
Francis Lee (X)
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| 2 | card index |
Gabrielle Lyons
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| 1 | central identification file |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
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search and find facility
"...files A and B, which were retrieved by the archive's search and find facility". Just a loose suggestion
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Comment: "thanks everyone!"
54 mins
locator file
If Findkartei is what I think it means.
As such a guess, but here's an example:
http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/syna/05.html
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Note added at 55 mins (2004-11-16 18:45:56 GMT)
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\"locator index\" might be better
As such a guess, but here's an example:
http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/syna/05.html
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Note added at 55 mins (2004-11-16 18:45:56 GMT)
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\"locator index\" might be better
1 hr
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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47
central identification file
my guess is that this file includes "lost persons" who were entered into a central file after WWII for the purpose of family reunification?
4 hrs
Gabrielle Lyons
Native in English
Works in field
The content matters.
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, German to English
card index
I thought it was just a card index but perhaps I'm missing something.
Discussion
Findkartei (= meist Vorform von Findb�chern)
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:ba8cMNjSVwoJ:homepages.un...
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:zoOpP0zRVS0J:www.cyberspa...