Ostsprachen
English translation: Eastern European languages
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Eastern languages Explanation: You attempted to access the UCLA Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) web page using the domain www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/nelc/nelc.html. ... ... In the course of the sixteenth century, Rome became a center for the study of Near Eastern and other little-known languages. ... Reference: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/nelc/nelc.html |
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East European languages Explanation: IMHO languages of the new member-states of EU |
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Eastern-European languages Explanation: This is a somewhat derogatory way to describe the languages of Eastern Europe collectively. Now, most of these languages are in the Slavic language family (though the details what constitutes Eastern European as opposed to Balkan or Central European can be debated). Some languages of Eastern Europe are not Slavic at all, however: Latvian and Lithuanian are Baltic, not Slavic; Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian are not Indo-European but Ural-Altaic and are (distantly) related to each other. So "Slavic" may not be the best solution. You might also go with "East(ern) languages" or "languages of the East" but this might lead to confusion with the languages of Asia, e.g. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc. Another option, depending on the purpose and audience of your text, would be to use the German word Ostsprachen, set in italics. This often happens with certain German concepts, e.g. Realpolitik, Weltanschauung, etc., that are hard or inefficient to translate. I would favor this solution if the context is a bit more academic. Otherwise, I would favor "Eastern-European languages." |
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2 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +8
peer agreement (net): +8Eastern European languages Explanation: Eastern European languages. not necessarily slavic since Latvia and Estonia are undoubtedly included.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2005-04-09 15:55:33 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- and Hungary (oops). |
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