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Landesamt

English translation: state office/regional office

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German term or phrase:Landesamt
English translation:state office/regional office
Entered by: Kim Metzger

06:35 Nov 5, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
German term or phrase: Landesamt
"..., ob die wirtschaftliche Lage einen Antrag beim Landesamt ... erlaubt."

Term in question is "Landesamt" - any help appreciated. Thanks.
Kalle
state office/federal office
Explanation:
For example, the state office for pay and pensions, federal labor office (Landearbeitssamt). So I don't know which state and/or federal office is meant.
Selected response from:

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 06:11
Grading comment
State Office will do the job. One of the comments was right "federal office" would rather be "Bundesamt". Thanks a lot, Kim, and everyone.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1state office/federal office
Kim Metzger
4 +1regional office
mckinnc
4 +1"regional authorities"
PaLa
4County Council
aldrans
4federal bureau (office)
Dr. Fred Thomson
4regional authority
pschmitt
4state office (of...)
Tom Funke


  

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state office/federal office


Explanation:
For example, the state office for pay and pensions, federal labor office (Landearbeitssamt). So I don't know which state and/or federal office is meant.


    Hamblock/Wessels - Gro�w�rterbuch Wirtschafts Englisch
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 06:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 252
Grading comment
State Office will do the job. One of the comments was right "federal office" would rather be "Bundesamt". Thanks a lot, Kim, and everyone.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  mckinnc: would federal not apply to a centralized, as opposed to a Laender office?
2 mins
  -> Yes, federal only creates confusion. State or regional is typical.
agree  Tom Funke: See notes below
1 hr
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County Council


Explanation:
In United Kingdom this is the equivalent toa Landesamt. UK is divided into Councils, which do not have the same role as a "Land" in Germany or Austria, but share many of the functions.

If the tranbslation is aimed at the US I guess it become the "State Administration Iffices"

aldrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:11
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regional office


Explanation:
Land is not a well understood term in English, except perhaps when written as Laender.

mckinnc
Local time: 14:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniela Mühling
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federal bureau (office)


Explanation:
This would work well if the target is the U.S.
Somehow "bureau" alone sound better than "office" alone.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 06:11
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23
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"regional authorities"


Explanation:
...is unspecific enough to be of general use, but more context would help.

Eurodicautom, for example, gives "Fisheries Service" as a translation for "Landesamt für die Fischerei" (first link below).

"Regional authorities" is the version provided by LEO (second link)


    Reference: http://eurodic.ip.lu:8086//cgi-bin/edicbin/expert.pl
    Reference: http://dict.leo.org/?search=Landesamt&searchLoc=0&relink=on&...
PaLa
Germany
Local time: 14:11

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agree  cochrum
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regional authority


Explanation:
I found this definition on Euterpe:

Eine einer obersten Landesbehörde unmittelbar nachgeordnete Verwaltungsbehörde, deren Zuständigkeitsbereich das ganze Land umfaßt und der eine untere Landesbehörde nicht nachgeordnet ist.

Collins only comes up with "Landesbehörde" and translates this with "regional authority".
HTH

pschmitt
Local time: 13:11
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state office (of...)


Explanation:
I agree with Kim. In most URLs the office appears linked to a particular German Land (state, in the US sense, more or less) and absent more information I'd stick with that term, at least for American audiences.

Google:
Searched English pages for Landesamt OR Landesämter OR Landesämtern OR Landesamts. Results 11 - 20 of about 5,040. Search took 0.10 seconds.

[PDF] at the Landesamt für Informationstechnik Top-class server ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as Text
Page 1. PRIMEPOWER at the Landesamt für Informationstechnik Energize your project
www.fujitsu-siemens.com Fujitsu Siemens Computers Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1 33106 ...
www.fujitsu-siemens.com/partner/stories/60002-en_lit.pdf - Similar pages
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Landesamt für Archäologie - Museum
www.archsax.sachsen.de/museum/fusszeile.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
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Statistisches Landesamt der Freistaates Sachsen
Publications Statistical reports.
www.statistik.sachsen.de/englisch/32bericht/left32.htm - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] Landesamt zur Regelung offener Vermögensfragen / ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as Text
... Landesamt zur Regelung offener Vermögensfragen / Landesausgleichsamt - LAROV /
LAgl- LAROV / LAgl Leiterin zugl. StS B 2 Frau Rhode-Mühlenhoff App. 6536 ...
www.berlin.de/Land/SenFin/LaRoV/organi2.pdf - Similar pages

Leitbild, english version, Landesamt für Gesundheit und ...
... Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales. ... Anschrift. Landesamt für Gesundheit
und Soziales Postfach 31 09 29 10639 Berlin. MISSION STATEMENT. ...
www.berlin.de/Land/SenArbSozFrau/lageso/engleitbild.htm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages
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Das Landesamt
Das Landesamt. Baudenkmalpflege. Archäologie. Organigramm. e-mail
Kontakt. Stand: Juni 2001 Webdesign:© rjm Medienservice.
www.denkmalpflege-hessen.de/LFDH4_Wir_Ueber_uns/Das_Landesa... left_das_landesamt.html - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

Der Landeswahlleiter für Berlin - HomePage
Für diese Web-Site benötigen Sie einen Browser, der "Frames" unterstützt.
To view this Web site, please use a frames-enabled browser.
www.statistik-berlin.de/wahlen/home.htm - 2k - Cached - Similar pages

[RTF] Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Bremen
File Format: Rich Text Format - View as HTML
>. à ...
www.datenschutz-bremen.de/rtf/verfass_auskunft_daten.rtf - Similar pages

Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz
Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz. Abkürzungsverzeichnis. aaO am angegebenen
Ort. Abk. Abkürzung. ABI Aktion Bildungsinformation. ...
www.hamburg.de/Behoerden/LfV/publika/so_alt/so/anhang.htm - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
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NSO - Links
... Germany, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. Hessisches
Statistisches Landesamt. ... Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. Hungary, ...
www.sigov.si/zrs/eng/linki.html - 45k - Cached - Similar pages

HTH Tom





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Tom Funke
Local time: 08:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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