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176 months ago

C. Weberpals (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

German > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

Hofrat/Geheimrat

Context:

Der Hofrat war für xx zuständig,der Geheimrat für xxx.

Keywords:

17/18 th century, Fürstbischof

 

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176 months ago

Karla  See profile wrote:

court counsellor for Hofrat, and privy counsellor for Geheimrat

My comment:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2075571

176 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de  See profile wrote:

privy councillor (both - synonymic)

My comment:

Br. Engl.: privy councillor
Am. Engl.: privy councilor
/hist.

Today, it's an honorary title for civil servants, teachers etc., only
awarded/used in Austria, I supppose.

176 months ago

daniela  See profile wrote:

privy councilor

176 months ago

daniela  See profile wrote:

Hofrat = court counsellor (hist.) ;Geheimrat= privy councillor

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