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149 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   asked this question:

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149 months ago

TextAlex   wrote:

prevalent

My references:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/prevalent

149 months ago

TextAlex   wrote:

legitimate place

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

149 months ago

   wrote:

I agree

149 months ago

   wrote:

Yes, on second thought, this is the best. I had to go and look it up. Flemish was only given official recognition in 1997, so here it does mean legitimate place. :)

149 months ago

   wrote:

I agree

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149 months ago

Übersetzrerin   wrote:

Freedom of the City (Place of origin and citizenship)

My comment:

Freedom of the City, also known as right of citizenship is therefore threefold
The right of citizenship is linked to place of origin.

149 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

was not an official language/the official language

My comment:

the recognised official language-this is best, I think

149 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

was not an official language/the official language

My comment:

the recognised official language-this is best, I think

149 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

was only officially recognized/acknowledged, in a gradual manner

149 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

official (language) status

149 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

officialy recognized or official recognition

My comment:

It's from the Greek, the rights associated with citizens in the polis (city);

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_de_cit%C3%A9

Used metaphorically, as in, une langue a droit de cité means officially recognized. This is a second level usage of the term.

Dutch, though spoken by a majority of the population, was only officially recognized progressively or only gained official recognition little by little