Glossary entry

Deutsch term or phrase:

die engeren Missionszwecke

Englisch translation:

the more specific aims of the mission

Added to glossary by Mary Worby
May 10, 2002 20:29
22 yrs ago
Deutsch term

die engeren Missionszwecke

Deutsch > Englisch Kunst/Literatur Religion religion
Fuer die engeren Missionszwecke (...) ist die Kenntnis des Arabischen gewiss brauchbar.

Proposed translations

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29 Min.
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A knowledge of Arabic is certainly an advantage for the specific aims of the mission

my thoughts
Peer comment(s):

agree Kim Metzger : Or maybe "the more specific aims"?
5 Min.
yes, more specific aims
agree Trudy Peters
5 Min.
Thank you
agree Ron Stelter
21 Stunden
Thanks
agree Сергей Лузан
2 Tage 18 Stunden
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3 Min.

for the more in-depth mission purposes

for the more in-depth (or deeper) purposes of the mission (or mission purposes) a knowledge of Arabic is certainly useful (of advantage)
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4 Min.

critical objectives of the mission

Just a direct translation of the phrase

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Note added at 2002-05-10 20:37:02 (GMT)
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I forgot the article, \"the critical objectives of the mission\"
Peer comment(s):

neutral Trudy Peters : If you want to be literal, "narrower" objectives would be better
32 Min.
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17 Min.

for immediate missioning purposes

as in missioning to the unconverted

I understand "engere" as directly connected to missioning.

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Note added at 2002-05-10 21:03:37 (GMT)
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Thanks Kim, missioning only seems to exist in my head :-(

So maybe:

for immediate missionary purposes
Peer comment(s):

neutral Kim Metzger : ministering?
3 Min.
Thanks, Kim, short-circuit in my German brain. Wanna hide...
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20 Min.

Sentence option:

"For subtler mission purposes (...), knowledge of the Arabian tongue is certainly of value"
Peer comment(s):

neutral Kim Metzger : The language is Arabic
6 Min.
Arabic language = Arabian tongue!
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