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professional classes

German translation: die höheren Berufsstände

09:25 Feb 8, 2017
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English term or phrase: professional classes
The term appears in the following sentence:

"Many of the buildings of the period survive, even those thrown up rapidly and imposingly across the suburbs to house the new middle and professional classes."

Can "middle and professional classes" be translated as "Mittel- und Oberschicht" or is "Oberschicht" something completely different than "professional classes"?

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Hussein Al Chab
Germany
Local time: 16:04
German translation:die höheren Berufsstände
Explanation:
professional: freiberuflich, akademisch;
professional man: Akademiker, Geistesarbeiter;
the professional classes: die höheren Berufsstände;

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Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 16:04
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Akademiker
Katja Dienemann
3 +1die höheren Berufsstände
Cilian O'Tuama


Discussion entries: 2





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Akademiker


Explanation:
The meaning and connotation of "Oberschicht" is (slightly) different than "professional classes". You can belong to the Oberschicht and be wealthy by inheritance, without necessarily being working.
"Professional classes" implies that you have a qualified education (and are working).
Maybe you could translate "to house the new middle and professional classes" like that: "um Wohnraum für Menschen aus den neuen Mittelschichten und Akademiker zu schaffen"

Example sentence(s):
  • Die KPCh hat besonders die städtischen Mittelschichten und Akademiker mit Privilegien ausgestattet.
  • Zweierlei umfasst das heutige »Prekariat«: die deutlich wachsenden Unterschichten mit den bekannten Phänomenen und jene absteigenden Mittelschichten und Akademiker, die an ihren Möglichkeiten zweifeln, zumal Bildung nicht mehr Garant für Existenzsich

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Katja Dienemann
Germany
Local time: 16:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German

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agree  Daniel Gebauer: nachdem ja heute jeder Tankwart mindestens einen Bachelor im Schlauchreinhalten haben muss ...
10 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
die höheren Berufsstände


Explanation:
professional: freiberuflich, akademisch;
professional man: Akademiker, Geistesarbeiter;
the professional classes: die höheren Berufsstände;

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Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 16:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Antonin Rozkopal
10 hrs
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