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Ministeriet

English translation: The Ministry

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Danish term or phrase:Ministeriet
English translation:The Ministry
Entered by: lone (X)

18:35 Mar 9, 2004
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Danish term or phrase: Ministeriet
I think the Ministry but can't find exact references.
Shaun Friel
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:24
The Ministry
Explanation:
et minesterium, ministeriet og "minesterier" i plural
Selected response from:

lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 00:24
Grading comment
Thanks very much.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6the Ministry
Cindi Beckman
5 +5The Ministry
lone (X)
3The Government Department of ---
KirstyMacC (X)


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
the Ministry


Explanation:
Without context, it's a little hard to say, but the word itself means "the Ministry"

Cindi Beckman
Local time: 06:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Johnson
9 mins
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
48 mins
agree  Monika Truszkowska-Pruchniewicz
1 hr
agree  Betina Poulsen (X)
1 hr
agree  Yoshiro Shibasaki, PhD
3 hrs
agree  abborre
1 day 7 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
The Ministry


Explanation:
et minesterium, ministeriet og "minesterier" i plural


    Vinterberg og Bodelsen, R�de ordb�ger
lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 00:24
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks very much.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Johnson
8 mins
  -> Tak, Helen!
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
48 mins
  -> Mange tak!
agree  Monika Truszkowska-Pruchniewicz
1 hr
  -> Tak, Monika!
agree  Yoshiro Shibasaki, PhD
3 hrs
  -> Tak, Yoshiro!
agree  Roald Toskedal
3 days 18 hrs
  -> Tak, Roald!
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The Government Department of ---


Explanation:
Just to be contrary - as in Dept. of Health etc.

KirstyMacC (X)
Local time: 05:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Roald Toskedal: Isn't a Ministry usually a sub-division of a Department?
2 days 17 hrs
  -> Maybe the other way round: Governmental Dept., though often the same thing: Ministry of (Iraqi?) 'Defence', but Department of Trade & Industry, plus Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food.
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