Grabungshaus
English translation: dig house
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|  Selected response from: ArchyR Local time: 14:41 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | excavation basecamp |
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| 3 +2 | excavation (or site) centre (center) |
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| 4 | dig house |
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| 2 +1 | (not archaeological!!!) digs... |
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| Excavation house |
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17 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1(not archaeological!!!) digs... Explanation: This is NOT entirely flippant, and I suggest it depends entirely on the tone you want to strike in the translation - and indeed the audience you are aiming at. Bearing in mind that "living in digs" is (was?) a VERY common (I think STRICTLY BE) expression for "living in lodgings" for single people, you might be able to use this. The lower-than-usual CL reflects the reservations I have already expressed... |
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32 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1excavation basecamp Explanation: or simply, basecamp... s.a. http://www.keltenstadt.de/cheatsheet/index.html |
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48 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2excavation (or site) centre (center) Explanation: Vaguer than GrabungsHAUS but possibly accurate enough in context, in that buildings (from huts to houses) where coordination/evaluation etc. takes place within a larger entity are often called a (something) centre. Context avoids confusion with 'archaeological-tourist-information centre/reception'. |
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| Reference: Excavation house Reference information: It may be very literal and to my ears it does sound clunky, but it comes up in respected UK media and other UK archaeological websites / university archaeology faculties. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-... http://www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/iraq/grants.htm Maybe - if you are allowed to use a more vague term - use a phrase like "shared accommodation" or even "shared house" if you wish to place an emphasis on the developing of a climate where trust is fostered amongst people of different cultures. Reference: http://www.liv.ac.uk/sace/research/projects/oylum/english/re... Reference: http://www.arcl.ed.ac.uk/arch/jerablus/JT2000/ |
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