Beauftragter für Afrikapolitik im Auswärtigen Amt

English translation: Director-General for African Affairs of/at the Federal Foreign Office

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German term or phrase:	Beauftragter für Afrikapolitik im Auswärtigen Amt
English translation:	Director-General for African Affairs of/at the Federal Foreign Office
Entered by:	YorickJenkins

08:10 May 27, 2008

German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Beauftragter für Afrikapolitik im Auswärtigen Amt

I am translating a schedule, in which visitors from Africa will be welcomed by various German officials and government representatives including the
*Beauftragter für Afrikapolitik im
Auswärtigen Amt*

The title should be as comprehensible and meaningful as possible for English speaking Africans. I thought of Federal Commissioner for African afairs at the German Foreign Ministry although Auswärtiges Amt is usually translated Federal Foreign Office (which sounds like translese to me) and my version sounds long. What do other people think? Suggestions welcome as always.
Yorick

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Local time: 22:31

Director-General for African Affairs of the Federal Foreign Office

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Barbara Wiebking
Germany
Local time: 22:31

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got to accept it then I suppose but shall defintiely have at and not of whatever the opfficial terminology -thank you and thank you for the comment about commissioner! Yorick
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5 +7

Director-General for African Affairs of the Federal Foreign Office

Barbara Wiebking

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33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

*Beauftragter für Afrikapolitik im Auswärtigen Amt*

Director-General for African Affairs of the Federal Foreign Office

Explanation:
Siehe unter 3-B-2 im Organigramm des AA.

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Note added at 35 mins (2008-05-27 08:46:45 GMT)
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... oder vielleicht besser "at the Federal Foreign Office".

Reference: http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/AAmt/organigramm1.pd...
Reference: http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/AAmt/Organisationspl...

Barbara Wiebking
Germany
Local time: 22:31
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Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 7

Grading comment

got to accept it then I suppose but shall defintiely have at and not of whatever the opfficial terminology -thank you and thank you for the comment about commissioner! Yorick

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