Frauenbüro / Büro der Frauenbeauftragten

English translation: Office for Gender Equality

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German term or phrase:Frauenbüro / Büro der Frauenbeauftragten
English translation:Office for Gender Equality
Entered by: Sarah Swift

17:45 Nov 17, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Gender politics
German term or phrase: Frauenbüro / Büro der Frauenbeauftragten
Kontext: Es geht um einen Lebenslauf. Es steht drin, dass die Frau eine Zeitlang Assistentin (Hiwi) im Frauenbüro war.
Wäre dankbar füßr Vorschläge da ich auf nichts Einleuchtendes komme...
SarahSW
Office for Gender Equality
Explanation:
This is how it is translated in Switzerland, if you google "Office" + "Gender Equality"
you will get several different ways of saying this.
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lindaellen (X)
Grading comment
This is exactly what we went with. Thanks to all contributors!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Office for Gender Equality
lindaellen (X)
3 +1Office of Women's Affairs
jccantrell
4office for women's issues
Inge Meinzer
5 -1gender equity officer
mill2


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Office for Gender Equality


Explanation:
This is how it is translated in Switzerland, if you google "Office" + "Gender Equality"
you will get several different ways of saying this.


    Reference: http://www.ebg.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en
lindaellen (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
This is exactly what we went with. Thanks to all contributors!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paul Cohen: Yes, an excellent "gender neutral" term for "Frauenbüro"
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Office of Women's Affairs


Explanation:
Might be how I would phrase it, although it IS a bit double meaningful.

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Note added at 15 mins (2008-11-17 18:00:38 GMT)
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make that FOR


    Reference: http://www.indiana.edu/~owa/
jccantrell
United States
Local time: 04:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Rothwell (X): I would go for this as well, (as, so it appears, does New Zealand - http://www.mwa.govt.nz/
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
office for women's issues


Explanation:
This is how I would translate the term.


    Reference: http://www.nyc.gov/html/cwi/html/home/home.shtml
    Reference: http://www.state.gov/g/wi
Inge Meinzer
United States
Local time: 04:50
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
gender equity officer


Explanation:
In the U.K., the Frauenbeauftragte is the Gender Equity Officer

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Note added at 21 Stunden (2008-11-18 15:35:54 GMT)
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Make that Gender Equality Officer...

mill2
Local time: 13:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Gillian Searl: equality not equity
14 hrs
  -> you're totally right!
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