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English term or phrase:
700 acres of land
German translation:
700 Morgen
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Antoinette-M. Sixt Ruth
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In a legal document that was translated into German in Germany, the term "700 acres of land" was simply stated as "700 Morgen".
To my knowledge, a "Morgen" of land in German could be anything between 0.6 to 0.9 of an acre here.
Would it not be more accurate to express this "700 acres" in a different manner? Just how, I am not sure.
Could anyone help, please?
Thanks.
To my knowledge, a "Morgen" of land in German could be anything between 0.6 to 0.9 of an acre here.
Would it not be more accurate to express this "700 acres" in a different manner? Just how, I am not sure.
Could anyone help, please?
Thanks.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | 700 Morgen |
Paul Merriam
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Change log
Dec 17, 2010 20:49: Ingo Dierkschnieder changed "Term asked" from "700 \"Morgen\"" to "700 Morgen"
Dec 17, 2010 23:31: Bernhard Sulzer changed "Language pair" from "German to English" to "English to German"
Dec 17, 2010 23:43: Ingo Dierkschnieder changed "Term asked" from "700 Morgen" to "700 acres of land"
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English term (edited):
700 "Morgen"
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700 Morgen
As you note, the size of a Morgen varies. If you're translating from German, unless you have something to indicate what size the Morgen are in this context, you should leave it in German and put in a translator note.
Now as concerns 700 acres, that is well defined. That's about 283 hectares. If you're translating into German, particularly if it's a legal document, you might say something like "700 Acre [ungefaehr283 Hectar]".
Now as concerns 700 acres, that is well defined. That's about 283 hectares. If you're translating into German, particularly if it's a legal document, you might say something like "700 Acre [ungefaehr283 Hectar]".
Note from asker:
| Thank you, Paul, for confirming my initial opinion. Antoinette |
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Discussion
I will stick with my initial idea of converting the 700 acres to ha.
Antoinette
Messwesen: älteres deutsches Feldmaß, ursprünglich das Stück Land, das man an einem Morgen pflügen konnte; regional verschieden zwischen 0,255 ha (Preußen) und 1,25 ha in Oldenburg; häufig 0,25 ha = 2 500 m2.
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Wer immer im Vermessungswesen mit Morgen arbeitet, müsste sofort Berufsverbot bekommen. Ein acre sind 4049 qm also werden das 283,286 ha.
http://ec.europa.eu/news/eu_explained/080821_1_en.html (EN + DE)