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Hochschullandschaft

English translation: university landscape

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German term or phrase:Hochschullandschaft
English translation:university landscape
Entered by: Lucius Passani, Ph.D.

23:19 Nov 2, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
German term or phrase: Hochschullandschaft
Linksfraktion und Bündnisgrüne befürchten, dass die Exzellenzinitiative zu einer Spaltung der deutschen Hochschullandschaft in "Gewinner" und "Verlierer" führen könnte.
Lucius Passani, Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 01:50
academic landscape
Explanation:
maybe?
Selected response from:

Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 01:50
Grading comment
Thank you,
Lucius
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7academic landscape
Trudy Peters
4 +1universities
Teresa Reinhardt
4 +1(German world of) academia/academic sphere
Bernhard Sulzer
3 +1university scene
Astrid Elke Witte
4world of higher education
NGK
3will lead to a schism in German universities (in the German university system?)
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
university scene


Explanation:
...could lead to the German university scene being divided into "winners" and "losers".

Astrid Elke Witte
Germany
Local time: 07:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
3 mins
neutral  Kim Metzger: Doesn't work for me. "Scene" connotes student activities, political etc.
11 mins
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
universities


Explanation:
would work, too; is a little bit more formal

Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 22:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Or university system.
17 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
academic landscape


Explanation:
maybe?

Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 01:50
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
Thank you,
Lucius

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nicole Schnell
14 mins
agree  Teresa Reinhardt
1 hr
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: or university landscape
3 hrs
agree  Dirgis (X)
4 hrs
agree  Rachel Ward
9 hrs
agree  Andrea Black
13 hrs
agree  Rebecca Garber
14 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
world of higher education


Explanation:
Another option.

NGK
United States
Local time: 00:50
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 90
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(German world of) academia/academic sphere


Explanation:
oder auch:

academic community
as in:
http://www.german-embassy.org.uk/professor_dr_kettenacker_aw...

university landscape as in
http://www.ebs.de/fileadmin/redakteur/funkt.services/marketi...
Hochschullandschaft as university landscape

http://www.germanembassy.org.au/en/news/newsletter_no20_en_2...
academia
academic sphere

or:

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1290661,00.html
the (German) world of academia
a "world" could be divided/partitioned into...and produce/have winners and losers



Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 01:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 33

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  aruna yallapragada
4 hrs
  -> thank you very much, Aruna
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
will lead to a schism in German universities (in the German university system?)


Explanation:
sort ot

Jonathan MacKerron
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 165
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