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ins Stammbuch schreiben

English translation: take good note of

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German term or phrase: ins Stammbuch schreiben
English translation:take good note of
Entered by: Kim Metzger

12:12 Jun 19, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: ins Stammbuch schreiben
Das Thema Energie spielt im “Ländle” und im Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck eine große Rolle, bietet aber auch noch viel Potential. Die Industrie- und Handelskammer Rhein-Neckar schreibt der neuen Landesregierung deshalb folgendes ins Stammbuch:
njbeckett
Germany
Local time: 00:18
take good note of
Explanation:
Muret-Sanders - das kann er sich ins Stammbuch schreiben = let him take good note of that

The Rhein-Neckar Chamber of Industry and Commerce is therefore telling the new state government to take good note of the following:
Selected response from:

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 16:18
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4take good note of
Kim Metzger
3make an entry in a register/log book
aruna yallapragada
3 -2to write in Album or register
lux


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
to write in Album or register


Explanation:
jmdm. etw. ins Stammbuch schreiben : to make so. take note of sth.

lux
Local time: 03:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Armorel Young: even if album were a good translation of Stammbuch, it would have to be THE album (after all, it's inS Stammbuch)
2 hrs
disagree  Richard Benham: Armorel is right. Your definition (in the explanation) shows that you have correctly understood the term, but your proffered translation does not make sense in English.
6 hrs
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
take good note of


Explanation:
Muret-Sanders - das kann er sich ins Stammbuch schreiben = let him take good note of that

The Rhein-Neckar Chamber of Industry and Commerce is therefore telling the new state government to take good note of the following:


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 16:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 156

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  HarryHedgehog: yep, open yer ears and pay attention, dagnabbit!
0 min
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): hihi
3 mins
agree  Alison Jenner
12 mins
agree  Richard Benham: This is probably as good as you'll get, although it seems a little less forceful than the original. I really hate translating expressions with "Stammbuch" in them, don't you?// ;-)
5 hrs
  -> To tell the truth, this is the first time I've come across the term. I'm more familiar with the Stammtisch.
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
make an entry in a register/log book


Explanation:
There is a semicolon following the word, so I think something is physically being recorded

aruna yallapragada
Local time: 03:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TeluguTelugu
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