Personenstandbücher und - register

English translation: civil status books and registers

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German term or phrase:Personenstandbücher und - register
English translation:civil status books and registers
Entered by: Narasimhan Raghavan

12:23 Sep 2, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Genealogy / Adminstrative Terms
German term or phrase: Personenstandbücher und - register
This is from a letter in Russian to a family researcher advising him to refer to German Archives authorities for information. It seems to me that '-register'is superfluous here. I am translating this as 'Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages'. Is this sufficient or am I missing something?
Shane London
Australia
Local time: 16:45
civil status books and registers
Explanation:
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... status officer. The consulate holds the civil status books. It registers ... status
officer. The consulate holds the civil status books. It registers ...
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Note added at 38 mins (2004-09-02 13:02:30 GMT)
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Yes Proz com, but French>English pair
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Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 12:15
Grading comment
Thanks. Both answers are correct but this is a good way of dealing with the use of 'Bücher' as well as 'Register'
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2register of births, marriages, and deaths
Sabine Tietge
4civil status books and registers
Narasimhan Raghavan


  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Personenstandbücher und - register
register of births, marriages, and deaths


Explanation:
Source: Duden-Oxford Großwörterbuch

Personenstands·register das register of births, marriages, and deaths


Sabine Tietge
Local time: 12:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Personenstandbücher und - register
civil status books and registers


Explanation:
See: ProZ.com: KudoZ: A Translation Question
... status officer. The consulate holds the civil status books. It registers ... status
officer. The consulate holds the civil status books. It registers ...
www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=74920 - 36k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages



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Note added at 38 mins (2004-09-02 13:02:30 GMT)
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Yes Proz com, but French>English pair

Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 12:15
Native speaker of: Tamil
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks. Both answers are correct but this is a good way of dealing with the use of 'Bücher' as well as 'Register'
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