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Kulissenministerium

English translation: shadow ministry

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German term or phrase:Kulissenministerium
English translation:shadow ministry
Entered by: Paula Price

12:01 Jun 11, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Government / Politics
German term or phrase: Kulissenministerium
hat wie üblich Herr XXXX, Staatssekretär im Kulisssenmnisterium geantwortet, indem er nichts sagte. Und die Kulissen haben angemeldet, dass die Vergabe des Vertrags betreffend der Lizenzierung der öffentlichen Verwaltung ohne Ausschreibung erfolgte.
Paula Price
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:54
shadow ministry
Explanation:
should be "Kulissenministerium"

SHADOW MINISTRY. 6 December 2007. SHADOW CABINET. Portfolio. Shadow Minister ... Assisting Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. The Hon. ...
www.aph.gov.au/House/members/shadmin.pdf - Similar pages
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-06-11 12:07:31 GMT)
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I think this is what it means ...
Selected response from:

David Hollywood
Local time: 08:54
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3shadow ministry
David Hollywood
4 +1back stage ministry
Ellen Kraus
3Mysterious Ministry
John Dale D.D.
2in the background at the Ministry
David Moore (X)
2Ministry of Shadows
Paul Skidmore


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Kulisssenmnisterium
shadow ministry


Explanation:
should be "Kulissenministerium"

SHADOW MINISTRY. 6 December 2007. SHADOW CABINET. Portfolio. Shadow Minister ... Assisting Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. The Hon. ...
www.aph.gov.au/House/members/shadmin.pdf - Similar pages
More results from www.aph.gov.au »

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-06-11 12:07:31 GMT)
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I think this is what it means ...

David Hollywood
Local time: 08:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 59
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  silviya stoimenova (X)
9 mins
agree  NicC: that's what popped into my head too
27 mins
neutral  David Moore (X): The word should at least appear somewhere on the Internet, for it to deserve such a high CL. A "shadow ministry" is one shadowing the party in power, and that doesn't appear to be the case here. // Since I am also posting...
49 mins
agree  Kinga Elsewesi-Korcsmaros
1 hr
neutral  Paul Skidmore: agree with David's comment
1 hr
neutral  Rosa Paredes: agree with Paul and David
4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Kulisssenministerium
in the background at the Ministry


Explanation:
According to google, the word you posted does not appear on the Internet, so it must surely be a word made up from "Kulisse", as in background, and "ministerium". Since "shadow ministry" appears to be an OZ term *more or less* a parallel with "shadow cabinet", I think this may well be what was actually meant, though I can't be sure. Then the "Kulisse" in the following line might well be "the figures in the background (at the ministry)".

David Moore (X)
Local time: 13:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 49
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Kulisssenmnisterium
Ministry of Shadows


Explanation:
In the light of Paula's further information, I would venture this - possibly set in inverted commas to make it clear that this is not the real name of the Ministry

Paul Skidmore
Germany
Local time: 13:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Kulisssenmnisterium
back stage ministry


Explanation:
the article is so ironic that the text allows for a wide spectrum of derogatory terms

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 13:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rosa Paredes: This is more like it!
50 mins
  -> thank you!
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1 day 11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Kulisssenmnisterium
Mysterious Ministry


Explanation:
I would oppine this.

Shadow (in GB terms implies official oppostion ) not so here.
Mysterious implies an official statement, but who knows where from, which I think is what is implied here.

Just an idea, which I would not like to debate

John Dale D.D.
Local time: 13:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 9
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