German term
geboren
Das sieht so aus:
Geboren am.............................in................................
Bei original englischen Urkunden sieht das meist so aus:
Date of Birth………………Place of Birth………………………..
Die Urkunde ist schon vom Deutschen ins Englische übersetzt, und zwar wie folgt:
Born: 20 October 1975 in Flensburg.
Natürlich kann man in einem Fließtext schreiben she was born on 20 October in Flensburg. Meine Frage bezieht sich ausschließlich auf diese tabellarische Form. Ist es korrekt in Urkunden,
Born: 20 October 1975 in Flensburg
zu schreiben?
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IanW (X)
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Terence Ajbro
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Lancashireman
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Lydia Wazir
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Proposed translations
born on ... in
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Brie Vernier
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Alison Schwitzgebel
: I like this better than date of birth - it sounds a bit more natural to say "born on" in the middle of a sentence than "date of birth".
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Sabine Odinga
: yes, I'd also keep the German format if it's an official document that's supposed to be authenticated
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Sabine Griebler
44 mins
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Kathinka van de Griendt
1 hr
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roneill
: It's better to stay as close to the format of the original as possible
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Rebecca Garber
3 hrs
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Richard Benham
: Yes, it's best to stick to original format. No one really gives a rat's arse about the form of the thing, but it is safer to be as literal as possible, especially, as you say, if it's going to be certified.
3 hrs
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Kathi Stock
7 hrs
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Sweden
A multilingual Englishman
Native in: English 
Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
Date of birth
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aykon
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kk ll (X)
6 mins
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Lydia Wazir
9 mins
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Puneet Nangia
: born on --- in --- seems to be quite ok
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Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Date and place of birth
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-01-25 13:54:19 GMT)
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This formulation avoids the question of whether to use the prepositions 'on' and 'in'. The use of 'on' with dates in numerical format is, of course, a matter of personal preference but then, why stop there when you could write 'born on the 20th of October'?
(The sequence of day/month or month/day seems to be a BE v. USE distinction.)
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Colette Kinsella
1 hr
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Robert Kleemaier
2 hrs
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Bjørn Anthun
1 day 15 hrs
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