Arbeitsamt / Landwirtschaftskammer

English translation: labor office / agricultural commission

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German term or phrase:Arbeitsamt / Landwirtschaftskammer
English translation:labor office / agricultural commission
Entered by: Marcus Malabad

22:47 Jul 24, 2001
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Agriculture
German term or phrase: Arbeitsamt / Landwirtschaftskammer
What's the US equivalent?

Nach eingehender Beratung durch das Arbeitsamt und die Landwirtschaftskammer ...

For British English I'd say Employment Service & Countryside Commission
Gillian Searl
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:18
labor office / agricultural commission
Explanation:
labor offices in the US:
http://pittsburgh.bcentral.com/pittsburgh/stories/2000/09/11...

http://www6.myflorida.com/publicsafety/publications/bureaus/...

agricultural commission:
http://www.mda.state.md.us/geninfo/strategy.htm

http://www.ag.state.co.us/commissioner/ag_commission.html



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Summary of answers provided
nalabor office / agricultural commission
Marcus Malabad
nalabor exchange/department of agriculture
joanne_r
nagovernment employment office / division of agriculture
ferrel


  

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labor exchange/department of agriculture


Explanation:
Various on-line dictionaries/native speaker


    Reference: http://dict.leo.org/?search=arbeitsamt&searchLoc=0&relink=on...
joanne_r
Local time: 02:18
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government employment office / division of agriculture


Explanation:
any combination with "exchange" is British usage according to several references. The source below explicitly references the first definition as American usage. The second term I know from my ten years of experience living in states (Iowa and Kentucky) with economies relying heavily on agriculture.


    Dietl/Lorenz Dictionary of Legal, Commerical and Political Terms
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