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Urząd Starszych

English translation: office/council of (the) guild elders

21:37 Sep 18, 2016
Polish to English translations [PRO]
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Polish term or phrase: Urząd Starszych
W 1915 r. Urząd Starszych wydał takiej i takiej osobie dyplom czeladnika (kowal).
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English translation:office/council of (the) guild elders
Explanation:
The corporate life of these guilds, so much a part of the city, revolved around the assembly of master craftsmen. Each craft guild was governed by an elected group of its master artisans, which theoretically provided all masters with a voice in the direction of guild affairs. By the eighteenth century, however, it appears that many of the French guilds had moved away from the unpredictable and potentially dangerous practice of convening and conducting business by general meetings of guild masters in favor of smaller rump assemblies of guild elders and senior officials who conducted community business in private. - https://goo.gl/t8lOUW - page 3

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A journeyman who whilst working for a master is drunk for one or more days, or impertinent to his master, his master's family, the guild elders, or others in authority, is, according to the gravity of his offense, liable to a fine of from 1 to 5 rubles - https://goo.gl/M3Zb5C
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2 +3office/council of (the) guild elders
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2 +2office of the elders
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
office of the elders


Explanation:
Every journeyman should be provided by the office of the elders with a trade-book - https://goo.gl/FtX52X

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Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.: Office of the Elders
2 mins
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agree  Iwona Szymaniak
9 hrs
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
office/council of (the) guild elders


Explanation:
The corporate life of these guilds, so much a part of the city, revolved around the assembly of master craftsmen. Each craft guild was governed by an elected group of its master artisans, which theoretically provided all masters with a voice in the direction of guild affairs. By the eighteenth century, however, it appears that many of the French guilds had moved away from the unpredictable and potentially dangerous practice of convening and conducting business by general meetings of guild masters in favor of smaller rump assemblies of guild elders and senior officials who conducted community business in private. - https://goo.gl/t8lOUW - page 3

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A journeyman who whilst working for a master is drunk for one or more days, or impertinent to his master, his master's family, the guild elders, or others in authority, is, according to the gravity of his offense, liable to a fine of from 1 to 5 rubles - https://goo.gl/M3Zb5C

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 72
Grading comment
Serdecznie dziękuję!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.: Jeszcze lepiej.
1 min
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agree  mike23
7 hrs
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agree  Iwona Szymaniak
9 hrs
  -> dziękuję
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