Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Kulturhistoriker
English translation:
cultural historian/historian of civilization
German term
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Kulturhistoriker
| 4 +9 | cultural historian |
erika rubinstein
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| 3 +3 | (cultural) historian |
Francis Lee (X)
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| 5 | scientific historian |
Henry Whittlesey Schroeder
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Non-PRO (1): Steven Sidore
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Proposed translations
Interp, trans, proof, PR, research, writ
Native in: Russian 
, German
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to German, and 13 more.
cultural historian
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Damian Harrison (X)
: I´m with Erika on this one. Definitely a cultural historian
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thank you, Damian
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BrigitteHilgner
: That was my spontaneous idea, too - and I read a lot about the subject.
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thank you, Brigitte
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Armorel Young
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thank you, Armorel
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Nicole Tata
: yup
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thank you, Nicole
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Marcelo Silveyra
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thank you, Marcelo
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Alison Jenner
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thank you, Alison
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Steven Sidore
: With the caveat that the 'cultural' may not be necessary (see Francis's post), this is certainly a proper translation.
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thank you, Steven
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Rebecca Garber
: cultural is necessary to disinguish from historians of other stripes: military, art, political, literary, etc.
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thank you, Rebecca
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KARIN ISBELL
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thank you, Karin
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Francis Lee (X)
: Perhaps you could tell us why "cultural historian" deserves CL4 when English-language sites call Buckle simply a "historian"?/ What's your reasoning? Obviously "cultural historian" will have occurred to the Asker. Why post meaningless links ?
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Lancashireman
: Potentially confusing for English readers. Could be taken to refer to the quality of his work or his methodology. I presume that was why the asker posted the question after getting the same Google skim as you have posted above.
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United States
20 years of experience, certified, ATA
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, English
scientific historian
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Lancashireman
: Does 'scientific' refer to his method/approach or his field of research, Henry? It's a similar situation with a cultural/cultured historian as opposed to a barbarian/barbaric historian.
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(cultural) historian
http://sophie.byu.edu/resources/index.php?p=docs/glossed.htm
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As I suspected, he is generally referred to simply as a "historian":
Henry Thomas Buckle (November 24, 1821 - May 29, 1862) was an English historian, author of a History of Civilization.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Buckle
Google:
"cultural historian Henry thomas buckle" = zero hits
"historian Henry thomas buckle" = approx. 100 hits
See my point about German being more specific?
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Steven Sidore
: Without more context I can't tell whether the 'cultural' is needed for this specific example or not, but I agree in principal that you can often leave this out in the English version
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If sources on the Web generally refer to him as simply a "historian", I see no need at all to digress from that.
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Lancashireman
: 6mins as opp 5mins but 'more helpful' in content and presentation IMO.
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Astonishing how so many colleagues fail to appreciate the difference in culture (oh, the irony) as reflected in language - which our profession is supposed to reflect. Also nice to see you prefer beef Wellington to bangers n mash. Dig in!
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Susan Zimmer
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'preciate it!
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