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Staatspreis Verkehr

English translation: National Transport Award

13:57 Mar 1, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
German term or phrase: Staatspreis Verkehr
Die Firma ist im Bereich Forschung, Entwicklung und Vermarktung der daraus resultierende Produkte für Sicherheitssystem im Lastkraftfahrzeugbau tätig und wurde für den Staatspreis Verkehr 2009 nominiert.
martina1974
Austria
Local time: 12:48
English translation:National Transport Award
Explanation:
National Transport Award
See: http://www.innofreight.at/_innofreight/english/1_unternehmen...

I am not sure that a ‘traffic state’ (?) would qualify for an award. ‘The word ‘traffic’ in English has a negative sense (e.g. heavy traffic, too much traffic, traffic problems, traffic congestion). Any award would be phrased in more positive terms, i.e. ‘transport’.

The correct order of elements here is: national/state/Austrian + transport + prize/award


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Note added at 1 hr (2010-03-01 15:50:09 GMT)
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You will also find some hits on the innofreight site and elsewhere for 'National Award for Transport Logistics'.
I would not recommend the use of 'logistics' alone for 'Verkehr' as the award would surely have been named the Staatspreis Logistik rather than the Staatspreis Verkehr.
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:48
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4 +2National Transport Award
Lancashireman
4 -1Traffic state award
Gerhard Wieder


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
National Transport Award


Explanation:
National Transport Award
See: http://www.innofreight.at/_innofreight/english/1_unternehmen...

I am not sure that a ‘traffic state’ (?) would qualify for an award. ‘The word ‘traffic’ in English has a negative sense (e.g. heavy traffic, too much traffic, traffic problems, traffic congestion). Any award would be phrased in more positive terms, i.e. ‘transport’.

The correct order of elements here is: national/state/Austrian + transport + prize/award


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Note added at 1 hr (2010-03-01 15:50:09 GMT)
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You will also find some hits on the innofreight site and elsewhere for 'National Award for Transport Logistics'.
I would not recommend the use of 'logistics' alone for 'Verkehr' as the award would surely have been named the Staatspreis Logistik rather than the Staatspreis Verkehr.

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 206
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agree  Michael Harris: or National Award for Transport
19 mins
  -> Thanks. Good idea. Have now incorporated the possibilities this raises into the above answer.
agree  philgoddard
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Traffic state award


Explanation:
The company was nominated for the Austrian "Traffic" state award (prize) in 2009

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-03-01 20:38:01 GMT)
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To quote from the text published by the ministry awarding the price in question, “2009 soll der Schwerpunkt des Staatspreises Verkehr auf Verkehrssicherheit liegen”, i.e., the emphasis is to be on “traffic safety” (there’s a negative connotation for you). It could therefore be argued that the central topic is traffic rather than the much wider topic of transportation. Whatever you choose, mind the transport lights.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-03-01 20:40:37 GMT)
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Sorry, that should be "prize" of course.


    Reference: http://www.bmvit.gv.at/service/staatspreis/verkehr08/index.h...
Gerhard Wieder
Local time: 11:48
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Lancashireman: According to your unreferenced source, the ministry decided that the focus of the National Transport Award in the year 2009 was to be on *road safety*. Sorry, but ‘Traffic Prize’ sounds absurd in any national context.
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