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Landverkehrswege

English translation: highways and railways

07:26 Aug 19, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
German term or phrase: Landverkehrswege
Hierbei gehr es um : "Lehrstuhl und Prüfamt für Landverkehrswege".
smeinke
Local time: 03:19
English translation:highways and railways
Explanation:
…if the 'Lehrstuhl' referred to is the same as the one here:
http://www.bv.tum.de/app/de/institute/landverkehrswege.html


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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-08-19 11:00:28 GMT)
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If this is indeed the 'Lehrstuhl und Prüfamt' in question, the department comes under civil engineering and deals with infrastructure. Transport/transportation would be too broad a term in this context because that would also include vehicles and rolling stock.
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:19
Grading comment
Danke!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2overland transportation
Olav Rixen
3 +3highways and railways
Lancashireman
4overland trade routes
Roddy Stegemann
3 -1surface transportation (routes)
w.wagner


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
surface transportation (routes)


Explanation:
is what I would use here.


    Reference: http://www.grainnet.com/articles/Surface_Transportation_Boar...
w.wagner
Local time: 03:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Roddy Stegemann: Overseas routes are also a form of surface routes. Surface routes differ from air and undersea routes in so far as they take place on the surface of the earth including both land and water.
2 hrs
disagree  aykon: I once sent a parcel from Fiji by "surface mail" to Europe - how did that arrive overland? ;-) As Hamo says, surface includes water.
8 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
overland transportation


Explanation:
Just another option.

Olav Rixen
Canada
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roddy Stegemann: Also a good substitute for overland trade routes.
7 mins
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
3 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
overland trade routes


Explanation:
Be right back!

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Note added at 2 Stunden (2006-08-19 09:47:08 GMT)
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Overland trade routes are a subcategory of surface trade routes which include all transportation routes except for air and undersea routes. In short, ocean routes are a subcategory of surface routes.


Roddy Stegemann
United States
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 9
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
highways and railways


Explanation:
…if the 'Lehrstuhl' referred to is the same as the one here:
http://www.bv.tum.de/app/de/institute/landverkehrswege.html


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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-08-19 11:00:28 GMT)
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If this is indeed the 'Lehrstuhl und Prüfamt' in question, the department comes under civil engineering and deals with infrastructure. Transport/transportation would be too broad a term in this context because that would also include vehicles and rolling stock.

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 206
Grading comment
Danke!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Moore (X): Looks good to me...
14 mins
agree  Teresa Reinhardt
5 hrs
agree  aykon
6 hrs
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