Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
der sozialen und gesellschaftlichen Spreizung unseres Landes Herr werden
English translation:
master the social and cultural chasm dividing our country
German term
Spreizung
- wir müssen eine Integrationspolitik entwickeln, die vorbeugend und begleitend agiert statt nur wie ein nachsorgender Reparaturbetrieb, der stets zu teuer ist und nie hinreichend erfolgreich sein kann
– wir werden sonst der sozialen und gesellschaftlichen Spreizung unseres Landes nicht Herr werden können,
I understand that he is advocating a policy of prevention rather than trying to deal with problems after they occur, but I fail to see what "Spreizung" could mean in this context. In the sense of society being "pulled apart"?
Dec 8, 2008 08:39: Steffen Walter changed "Field (write-in)" from "Econmic reforms" to "Economic reforms"
Dec 13, 2008 08:01: Kitty Maerz Created KOG entry
Dec 18, 2008 09:37: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/910591">Kitty Maerz's</a> old entry - "sozialen und gesellschaftlichen Spreizung unseres Landes Herr werden "" to ""master the social and cultural chasm dividing our country""
Proposed translations
master the social and cultural chasm dividing our country
Otherwise we will not be able to master the social and cultural chasm dividing our country.
Otherwise we will not be able to keep abreast of the diversity
An attempt
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Edith Kelly
: I do not think that diversity is meant here but rather the gap opening or having opened
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splaying
But it`s all much the same as the problems anywhere else: haves vs. have nots = bankers bonuses v. folks on Hartz IV, the ghettoisation of former and 3rd generation "Gastararbeiters", etc, etc.
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Note added at 47 mins (2008-12-08 05:18:25 GMT)
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Oops, that should be "Gastarbeiters"!
Fragmentation
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Accordingly, "social divide" might also work.
- getting a grip on the growing disparities in our country will otherwise elude us
fraying of the social fabric
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casper (X)
: well rendered, misterherrnau
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Thanks, Mr. Sampat! The perennial hot topic in Austria and vicinity ...
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