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mitteleuropeo

English translation: Central European (or see below)

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Italian term or phrase:mitteleuropeo
English translation:Central European (or see below)
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

16:16 Oct 16, 2015
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel / testo descrittivo di una regione
Italian term or phrase: mitteleuropeo
si parla di una zona di confine che tuttora conserva caratteristiche austriache (mitteleuropa) - grazie a tutti !
jx_jennyfer
Italy
Local time: 16:49
Central European
Explanation:
HOWEVER, if these characteristics are referring to Austro-Hungarian Empire aspects you might want to consider

"...characteristics of Mitteleuropa" (I wouldn't say Mitteleuropean although it can be used)

Mitteleuropa is used in English to denote a larger region than present-day Central Europe. See below
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe
The German term Mitteleuropa (or alternatively its literal translation into English, Middle Europe[38]) is an ambiguous German concept.[38] It is sometimes used in English to refer to an area somewhat larger than most conceptions of 'Central Europe'; it refers to territories under Germanic cultural hegemony until World War I (encompassing Austria–Hungary and Germany in their pre-war formations but usually excluding the Baltic countries north of East Prussia).[citation needed] According to Fritz Fischer Mitteleuropa was a scheme in the era of the Reich of 1871–1918 by which the old imperial elites had allegedly sought to build a system of German economic, military and political domination from the northern seas to the Near East and from the Low Countries through the steppes of Russia to the Caucasus.[39] Later on, professor Fritz Epstein argued the threat of a Slavic "Drang nach Westen" (Western expansion) had been a major factor in the emergence of a Mitteleuropa ideology before the Reich of 1871 ever came into being.[40]

In Germany the connotation was also sometimes linked to the pre-war German provinces east of the Oder-Neisse line[citation needed] which were lost as the result of World War II, annexed by People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union, and ethnically cleansed of Germans by communist authorities and forces (see expulsion of Germans after World War II) due to Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference decisions. In this view Bohemia and Moravia, with its dual Western Slavic and Germanic heritage, combined with the historic element of the "Sudetenland", is a core region illustrating the problems and features of the entire Central European region.
The term Mitteleuropa conjures up negative historical associations among some elder people, although the Germans have not played an exclusively negative role in the region.[41] Most Central European Jews embraced the enlightened German humanistic culture of the 19th century.[42] German-speaking Jews from turn of the 20th century Vienna, Budapest and Prague became representatives of what many consider to be Central European culture at its best, though the Nazi version of "Mitteleuropa" destroyed this kind of culture instead.[38][42][43] However, the term "Mitteleuropa" is now widely used again in German education and media without negative meaning, especially since the end of communism. In fact, many people from the New states of Germany do not identify themselves as being part of Western Europe and therefore prefer the term "Mitteleuropa".

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Mittele...

and another use of the word
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/10/the-stunning-hypocrisy-o...
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 15:49
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2mitteleuropean
LindaLattuca
4 +2Middle-European
Vladimir Trkovnik
4 +2in Central Europe
Ellen Kraus
4 +2Central European
Yvonne Gallagher


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mitteleuropean


Explanation:
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LindaLattuca
Italy
Local time: 16:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Italian
Notes to answerer
Asker: ciao linda :) grazie per il tuo aiuto ! sto trovando ovunque la versione "central european" che non mi convince... mi sa che andrò con mitteleuropean. grazie davvero, buona serata ;) jen

Asker: thank you for your help linda :) hugs from italy !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isabelle Johnson: Yes with capital letters
33 mins
  -> thanks
disagree  Ellen Kraus: looks and sounds awful, this pseudo progressive word
1 hr
agree  Joel Schaefer
1 hr
  -> thank you
agree  ChananZass: Stick to this term, especially when discussing art and history.
1 day 4 mins
  -> Thank you very much. I would stick to it, honestly.
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Middle-European


Explanation:
My suggestion.


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle-european
Vladimir Trkovnik
Croatia
Local time: 16:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you vladimir! i am still considering the whole context. thanks for your help though. ciao from italy


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adrian MM. (X)
7 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Giovanni Pizzati (X)
15 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
in Central Europe


Explanation:
I would suggest

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Note added at 36 мин (2015-10-16 16:52:47 GMT)
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The price of freedom: a history of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages.



Political Map of Central and Eastern Europe - Nations Online



www.nationsonline.org/.../central-europe-map.htm

Central Europe, sometimes referred to as Middle Europe or Median Europe, is a region of Europe lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and

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Note added at 1 час (2015-10-16 18:06:03 GMT)
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@jennyfer; fine, so it is "with central European characteristics"

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 16:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: hi ellen, thank you for your help. well, actualy, i would need and adjective to describe the territory as "having middle european" charactersitics. that's the thing... thanks for your help :) ciao from italy


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Thody: "Central European" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European
21 mins
  -> thank you, Linda
agree  Peter Cox
9 hrs
  -> thank you, Peter !
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Central European


Explanation:
HOWEVER, if these characteristics are referring to Austro-Hungarian Empire aspects you might want to consider

"...characteristics of Mitteleuropa" (I wouldn't say Mitteleuropean although it can be used)

Mitteleuropa is used in English to denote a larger region than present-day Central Europe. See below
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe
The German term Mitteleuropa (or alternatively its literal translation into English, Middle Europe[38]) is an ambiguous German concept.[38] It is sometimes used in English to refer to an area somewhat larger than most conceptions of 'Central Europe'; it refers to territories under Germanic cultural hegemony until World War I (encompassing Austria–Hungary and Germany in their pre-war formations but usually excluding the Baltic countries north of East Prussia).[citation needed] According to Fritz Fischer Mitteleuropa was a scheme in the era of the Reich of 1871–1918 by which the old imperial elites had allegedly sought to build a system of German economic, military and political domination from the northern seas to the Near East and from the Low Countries through the steppes of Russia to the Caucasus.[39] Later on, professor Fritz Epstein argued the threat of a Slavic "Drang nach Westen" (Western expansion) had been a major factor in the emergence of a Mitteleuropa ideology before the Reich of 1871 ever came into being.[40]

In Germany the connotation was also sometimes linked to the pre-war German provinces east of the Oder-Neisse line[citation needed] which were lost as the result of World War II, annexed by People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union, and ethnically cleansed of Germans by communist authorities and forces (see expulsion of Germans after World War II) due to Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference decisions. In this view Bohemia and Moravia, with its dual Western Slavic and Germanic heritage, combined with the historic element of the "Sudetenland", is a core region illustrating the problems and features of the entire Central European region.
The term Mitteleuropa conjures up negative historical associations among some elder people, although the Germans have not played an exclusively negative role in the region.[41] Most Central European Jews embraced the enlightened German humanistic culture of the 19th century.[42] German-speaking Jews from turn of the 20th century Vienna, Budapest and Prague became representatives of what many consider to be Central European culture at its best, though the Nazi version of "Mitteleuropa" destroyed this kind of culture instead.[38][42][43] However, the term "Mitteleuropa" is now widely used again in German education and media without negative meaning, especially since the end of communism. In fact, many people from the New states of Germany do not identify themselves as being part of Western Europe and therefore prefer the term "Mitteleuropa".

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Mittele...

and another use of the word
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/10/the-stunning-hypocrisy-o...

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 15:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell
2 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Michele Fauble
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
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