Amtserwerb
English translation: assumption of office
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| 10:49 Jul 13, 2005 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Government / Politics / house of commons, speaker | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Inese Poga-Smith Canada Local time: 20:23 | ||||||
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| 3 +4 | election procedure |
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| 5 | assumption of office |
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9 hrs confidence: 
assumption of office Explanation: assumption of office and presidency As such, his assumption of office marked a generational shift from the earlier Presidents who were mostly World War II veterans and had experienced the start of the Cold War in the 1950s. http://www.alabar.org/members/election_rules.pdf Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton Reference: http://www.info.gov.za/documents/constitution/1996/96cons5.h... |
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7 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4election procedure Explanation: ...and tenure of office http://www.parliament.uk/works/speaker.cfm#spelec -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2005-07-13 11:03:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Assuming this really is the UK House of Commons (as specified above): I agree with you that it would be unseemly for any candidate to ‘acquire’ this office. The successful candidate is ‘elected’ by fellow MPs, not ‘appointed’ (e.g. by the Queen) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2005-07-13 12:28:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If you are very keen to have \'office\' as part of this compound noun, the best combination would be with \'assumption\': \"assumption of office\" @ 30,000 ggl The successful candidate \'assumes\' office... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 41 mins (2005-07-13 12:30:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In a non-UK parliamentary context, \'Amtserwerb\' might be translated as \'running for office\' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 1 hr 59 mins (2005-07-14 12:48:20 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2005-07-13 12:28:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If you are very keen to have \'office\' as part of this compound noun, the best combination would be with \'assumption\': \"assumption of office\" @ 30,000 ggl The successful candidate \'assumes\' office... |
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