Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Abteilungsvorstand
English translation:
Department Head
Added to glossary by
martina1974
Mar 13, 2009 10:26
15 yrs ago
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German term
Austria
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 3 more.
Abteilungsvorstand
German to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
REIFEPRÜFUNGSZEUGNIS
Linz, am ....
Für die Prüfungskommission:
Schulleiter/Abteilungsvorstand Vorsitzender
Linz, am ....
Für die Prüfungskommission:
Schulleiter/Abteilungsvorstand Vorsitzender
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | Department Head |
mary austria
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| 4 | Department executive board |
Murad AWAD
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| 2 +1 | Departmental Board |
Edith Kelly
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Proposed translations
+5
2 hrs
Selected
Department Head
I definitely agree with Peter Zauner and Erich Friese. Grüße!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Inge Meinzer
10 mins
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Thanks, Inge.
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| agree |
Kphred
: "Department Chair" is also customary in universities
1 hr
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Thanks, Kphred.
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| agree |
Ingrid Moore
3 hrs
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Thanks, Ingrid.
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| agree |
Lirka
: head of department
1 day 5 hrs
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| agree |
Arkadiusz Witek
73 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks a lot!"
+1
19 mins
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in German
&
English
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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103
Departmental Board
falls danach nicht noch Vorsitzender stünde, hätte ich das als Head of Department übersetzt, aber so....
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Note added at 41 mins (2009-03-13 11:08:24 GMT)
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Also, falls Peter Zauner recht hat, dann wäre es Head of Department, falls Vorsitzender wirklich eine andere Person ist.
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Note added at 41 mins (2009-03-13 11:08:24 GMT)
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Also, falls Peter Zauner recht hat, dann wäre es Head of Department, falls Vorsitzender wirklich eine andere Person ist.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Anne-Marie Grant (X)
: I was thinking of Committee, but I think Board works well.
17 mins
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| disagree |
Erich Friese
: refer to Peter Zauner's comments above..he's spot-on
1 hr
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Lieber Erich, mehr als 1 Stunde, ehe Mary ihre Antwort gegeben hat, habe ich bereits nachgebessert, nachdem ich P. Zauner's Kommentar gelesen habe .... warum also disagree?
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| agree |
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
: "Head of Department" as you already added
10 hrs
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8 hrs
Murad AWAD
Germany
Germany
Germany
OTTOMAN Language Expert
Native in: Turkish (Variant: Standard-İstanbul ) , Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: English to Arabic, Ottoman to English, English to Turkish, and 8 more.
Department executive board
Department executive board
Discussion
Vorsitzender = Chairman; Schulleiter = Headmaster; Abteilungsvorstand = Head of Department; Jahrgangsvorstand = Principal