unterhalb des Flusses Aurach

English translation: south of the river Aurach

13:51 Oct 5, 2004

German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: unterhalb des Flusses Aurach

Looking at a map of Herzogenaurach, I see it runs in an east-west direction, but I'm not sure if oberhalb and unterhalb means north and south of the Aurach or if it means upstream and downstream.

1949 kommt es zum Familienduell. Adi und Rudolph müssen getrennte Wege gehen, weil die Ehefrauen beider Brüder im Streit liegen. Adi behält die Dassler Schuhfabrik unterhalb des Flusses Aurach und nennt sie Adidas. Rudolph siedelt sich 700 Meter weiter oberhalb der Aurach an und gründet mit sieben Mitarbeitern Puma.

TIA

Kim Metzger KudoZ activity Questions: 1189 (none open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 15751 Mexico
Local time: 14:55

English translation:south of the river Aurach

Explanation:
Not familiar with the geography, but it should mean south rather than downstream.

Selected response from:

NGK
United States
Local time: 15:55

Grading comment

Thanks Norbert and everybody else.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

south of the river Aurach

NGK

3 +2

downstream of the river Aurach

Julie Draper-Duruz

4 +1

south of the Aurach (river)

David Hollywood

3 +1

below the river A

David Moore (X)

3 +1

south of the Aurach

Claire Cox

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

south of the river Aurach

Explanation:
Not familiar with the geography, but it should mean south rather than downstream.

NGK
United States
Local time: 15:55
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 133

Grading comment

Thanks Norbert and everybody else.

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

downstream of the river Aurach

Explanation:
That is my take on it based upon the context. I would say then oberhalb later in the paragraph is upstream.

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-10-05 13:56:10 GMT)
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http://dict.leo.org/?search=unterhalb&searchLoc=0&relink=on&...

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-10-05 13:58:20 GMT)
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LEO says downriver but personally I think downstream sounds better when followed by \"of the river Aurach\"

Anyway, hope this helps. I had a similar phrase myself to translate a couple months ago and that was the suggestion I received from a German editor friend of mine. :)

Julie Draper-Duruz
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of:

English

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

south of the Aurach (river)

Explanation:
I would go for this rendering. If the river runs east west you have all oprions covered with south (and north as the case may be)

David Hollywood
Local time: 17:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

below the river A

Explanation:
Not having a large scale map of the area, this would be my shot, as from the context, it does not appear that the factories - either of them - were ON the river. So would the terrain allow for "above and below" the river as locations for the two factories?

David Moore (X)
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 39

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

south of the Aurach

Explanation:
I understood it in the sense of above and below, i.e. north and south as you suggest. Unless you're confident that the factories were actually on the river, but unterhalb/oberhalb seem a funny choice of word in that context...

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6

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