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Armensiedlungen

English translation: slums

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German term or phrase:Armensiedlungen
English translation:slums
Entered by: Wenjer Leuschel (X)

03:27 Jun 18, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism /
German term or phrase: Armensiedlungen
Im Sommer 1976 ist die Wut groß in Südafrikas Townships. In den Armensiedlungen müssen sich alle schwarzen Städter ansiedeln. Vor allem in Soweto, der mit etwa anderthalb Millionen Bewohnern größten Township im Südwesten von Johannesburg, gärt es. Seit Jahrzehnten schon leiden die schwarzen Südafrikaner unter dem rassistischen Apartheid-System, das die weiße Minderheit installiert hat. Doch seit einigen Wochen staut sich der Zorn besonders in den Schulen an: Nach dem Willen der Regierung soll Afrikaans, die Sprache der Buren, künftig Unterrichtssprache werden. Das ist eine Demütigung für die schwarze Bevölkerung, die neben ihren zahlreichen Stammessprachen meist nur Englisch spricht.
Jianming Sun
Local time: 21:40
in the slums
Explanation:
I guess, this is what it means.
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Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 21:40
Grading comment
Thank you Wenjer!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4in the slums
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
4 +3explanation: settlements for the poor/poor townships
CMJ_Trans (X)
4 +1shanty towns
Nicole Schnell


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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
In den Armensiedlungen
in the slums


Explanation:
I guess, this is what it means.


Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 21:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you Wenjer!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tanja K
1 hr
  -> Danke, Tanja.
agree  BrigitteHilgner: In this case, certainly yes.
3 hrs
  -> Danke, Brigitte.
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
13 hrs
  -> Danke, Ingeborg.
agree  Julia Lipeles
20 hrs
  -> Danke, Julia.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
In den Armensiedlungen
explanation: settlements for the poor/poor townships


Explanation:
"Soweto is an urban area in the City of Johannesburg, in Gauteng, South Africa. Its name is an English abbreviation, short for South Western Townships."

In the end "slums" is what these places are but, in fact, they were specially established townships for the black population in the era of apartheid

"Siedlung" here is a"settlement" or "township"

read the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto
for more details



CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lilli Translate
2 hrs
agree  New_trans
7 hrs
agree  Lancashireman: More appropriate than 'slums' which generally refers to older properties that were originally built to good standard but have become run down.
11 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
shanty towns


Explanation:
"Shanty towns often materialise on the outskirts of South Africa’s cities over night: a single shack quickly multiplies to 10, until the once empty landscape is transformed into a sprawling network of corrugated iron dwellings for the poor.

While many of the inhabitants are migrants from across the continent, the results of a new survey compiled by a South African NGO suggest another source for the huge numbers of people living in the shanty towns."

__________________________

Later we drove back into Soweto to actually visit the township center put down in the midst of one of the rawest shanty towns you’ll ever see, and talked to the Assistant Director,



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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 06:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  HarryHedgehog
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Harry!
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