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Kanzlerbrief

English translation: Chancellor Schröder's promises to provide financial aid

08:06 Jun 15, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Kanzlerbrief
Für die Wirtschaftsregion Bremen dürfte die Prognose kaum günstiger ausfallen, zumal sich die in den so genannten »Kanzlerbrief« gesetzten Hoffnungen nicht erfüllt haben.

Obviously a direct translation pops to mind, but the Google hits on "chancellor letter/chancellor's letter" are not very promising. Does anyone know if there is some other offical term for this?
Rebecca Holmes
United States
Local time: 20:04
English translation:Chancellor Schröder's promises to provide financial aid
Explanation:
I guess you will need to explain the background of the 'Kanzlerbrief' - this refers to a (written) promise by Gerhard Schröder back in July 2000. At the time, Schröder needed support in the Bundesrat to push through his tax reform package - in the event, he won over sceptical federal states by promising them that they would not be worse off after the reform.

In the URL provided below, search for "Kanzlerbrief".
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Ralf Lemster
Germany
Local time: 02:04
Grading comment
Thank you for the good ideas Ian and Ralf!
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4 +2Chancellor Schröder's promises to provide financial aid
Ralf Lemster
4Kanzlerbrief + explanation
IanW (X)


  

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Kanzlerbrief + explanation


Explanation:
Hi Rebecca,

Given the "sogenannt", I would leave the German (in italics) followed by an explanation between two dashes:

In the Kanzlerbrief - the letter issued by the Chancellor - ...

IanW (X)
Local time: 02:04
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Chancellor Schröder's promises to provide financial aid


Explanation:
I guess you will need to explain the background of the 'Kanzlerbrief' - this refers to a (written) promise by Gerhard Schröder back in July 2000. At the time, Schröder needed support in the Bundesrat to push through his tax reform package - in the event, he won over sceptical federal states by promising them that they would not be worse off after the reform.

In the URL provided below, search for "Kanzlerbrief".


    Reference: http://christoph-gaebler.de/bremen-18.htm
Ralf Lemster
Germany
Local time: 02:04
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Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 760
Grading comment
Thank you for the good ideas Ian and Ralf!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ian M-H (X): An "agree" from Bremen. Contents as Word-file at: http://bremer-archiv.tazbremen.de/index.cgi?do=getmedia&id=8
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agree  silfilla
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