Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Woiwodschaft
English translation:
voivodship (Polish district, region or province)
Added to glossary by
Rowan Morrell
Feb 28, 2003 08:45
21 yrs ago
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German term
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
Woiwodschaft
German to English
Other
Degree Certificate
Herr X, geboren am ... in Starogard Gdanski, Woiwodschaft Gdansk (Danzig) ..."
Part of a degree certificate that was translated from Polish to German, and which I'm now translating into English.
I can't make head or tail of "Woiwodschaft". It is some sort of quasi-Polish word? Or can I forget "Woiwodschaft Gdansk" altogether and just say Danzig?
TIA for helping me clear this one up.
Part of a degree certificate that was translated from Polish to German, and which I'm now translating into English.
I can't make head or tail of "Woiwodschaft". It is some sort of quasi-Polish word? Or can I forget "Woiwodschaft Gdansk" altogether and just say Danzig?
TIA for helping me clear this one up.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | vovivodship |
Daniela Falessi
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| 5 -1 | voivodina = region |
Eva Blanar
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| 4 -1 | county, district |
Elisabeth Ghysels
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| 4 -1 | Voyevodzy |
David Kiltz
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Proposed translations
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Daniela Falessi
love for languages
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, French to English, and 8 more.
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vovivodship
Alternate name: Danzig-Stolzenberg in German. ... division (from January
1, 1999) the town is now in the province (voivodship) called Malopolskie ...
www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/pol-g.html -
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sorry: voivodship, that\'s the correct spelling
1, 1999) the town is now in the province (voivodship) called Malopolskie ...
www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/e-europe/pol-g.html -
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Note added at 2003-02-28 08:51:23 (GMT)
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sorry: voivodship, that\'s the correct spelling
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much for that. I just did a Yahoo search for "voivodship", and got about 30,000 hits or something along those lines - so that must be it! Evidently, as Eva said, it's a region, or maybe county, district, province etc., but I think I will keep the Polish flavour and call this "voivodship". There are more than enough English-language hits to justify it. Thanks again - appreciate your help."
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2 mins
Eva Blanar
Hungary
Hungary
Hungary
Nil satis nisi optimum
Native in: Hungarian
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voivodina = region
If you want to keep the local flavour, you might use the Voivodina transcription, but it is the equivalent of region/county.
Peer comment(s):
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Andrzej Lejman
: it's former Yugoslavia
11 mins
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Actually, there is a Voivodina there as well, it is appropriate to use something else! I only did not know this Voivodship version.
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8 mins
Elisabeth Ghysels
Works in: German to English, English to German, Italian to German, and 36 more.
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county, district
The German equivalent would be +/- Grafschaft; nowadays a woiwode is a Polish district governor, formerly the best translation would perhaps have been count.
Greetings,
Nikolaus
Greetings,
Nikolaus
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9 mins
David Kiltz
Native in German
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Native in: German
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24
Voyevodzy
It is indeed, as you guessed, a quasi Polish word for an administrative unit. Similar to a county. The Polish form is województwo. Maybe it would be best to stick with the Polish. (Wojewoda originally means "duke or count").
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