Sep 29, 2021 06:51
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Czech term
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charakter
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Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Birth certificate
In an extract from a births register from 1842 it says in the column for the father
Jméno a příjmení, stav a **charakter** neb řemeslo a rod jeho.
Any ideas please?
Jméno a příjmení, stav a **charakter** neb řemeslo a rod jeho.
Any ideas please?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | profession |
Pavel Slama
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| 3 | character |
Jiri Lonsky
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Proposed translations
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Pavel Slama
United Kingdom
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I’ll mind your Czech.
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Great question, haven’t come across this before. Definition: “titul a úřední hodnost, stav, zaměstnání.” Examples: “Propůjčiti charakter vyšší hodnostní třídy. Co si tedy p. otec pomyslí, když nedáš jeho panu synovi patřičného karakteru? (Kosm.) Malá cedulka se jménem i charakterem ukázala mu dvéře, do kterých vstoupil. (Svob.)” (All this PSJČ)
stav a charakter neb řemeslo
= ?
occupation and profession or trade
Not sure about the fine nuance. Curious what solution you will choose, Charles.
stav a charakter neb řemeslo
= ?
occupation and profession or trade
Not sure about the fine nuance. Curious what solution you will choose, Charles.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Pavel Bakič
: "Character" can also have a similar sense in English, but the examples on Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/character, sense 12) seem to suggest that it only works in phrases where the position/office is explicitly stated.
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Ha, good find!
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Comment: "Great, thanks very much Pavel"
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Jiri Lonsky
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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English
Czech Republic
Bilingual native Czech medical expert
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, English
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character
In my CZ to EN dictionary, along with definition as "distinctive qualities peculiar to a person or thing"; in a person, the term usually refers to qualities of morality and integrity.
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-09-29 08:30:34 GMT)
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In a reply to "note to answerer": I do not find it that odd. In my opinion, back then, (moral) character evaluation was commonly required and provided as part of evaluation of, for example, journeymen learning their trade with a master...
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-09-29 08:30:34 GMT)
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In a reply to "note to answerer": I do not find it that odd. In my opinion, back then, (moral) character evaluation was commonly required and provided as part of evaluation of, for example, journeymen learning their trade with a master...
Note from asker:
| Thanks Jiri. Just seems a bit of a weird thing to have in a column of a births register, next to stav and remeslo, even for the 1840s... |
Discussion
By the way, I am sure you know that in Czech the difference between and and or can be significant.