Mar 17, 2001 10:57
23 yrs ago
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Stephan
non-military middle classes
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To someone like Dickens, a member of what Orwell shrewdly calls the "non-military middle classes", ...
Wer und was ist gemeint mit "non-military middle classes" ?
Wer und was ist gemeint mit "non-military middle classes" ?
Proposed translations
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| 0 | die unmilit�rische Mittelklasse |
Alexander Schleber (X)
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| 0 | nicht dem Milit�r angeh�rende Mittelklasse |
Andy Lemminger
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| 0 | "der unmilit�rische Mittelstand" |
Vesna Zivcic
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| 0 | Nicht Milit�rmittelstand |
Yve (X)
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die unmilit�rische Mittelklasse
If you do not belong to the military, that does not necessarily mean that you are un-military, i.e. military-minded. I think Orwell meant the stance of the class, not the fact of belonging.
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nicht dem Milit�r angeh�rende Mittelklasse
middle class is Mittelklasse and non-military means that they are not employed by the military
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Vesna Zivcic
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"der unmilit�rische Mittelstand"
middle classes - der Mittelstand
middle classes - das Bürgertum
middle classes - das Bürgertum
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