Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Deutsch term or phrase:
spiritus Rektor
Englisch translation:
guiding spirit
Added to glossary by
Katy62
Sep 1, 2004 13:24
19 yrs ago
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Deutsch term
spiritus Rektor
Deutsch > Englisch
Sonstige
Sonstige
Er ist Gründer und spiritus Rektor
der Stiftung.
From a Swiss text.
Any good translation for "spiritus Rektor"?
der Stiftung.
From a Swiss text.
Any good translation for "spiritus Rektor"?
Proposed translations
(Englisch)
4 +5 | guiding spirit | Cilian O'Tuama |
4 +5 | Can leave it | gangels (X) |
4 +4 | spiritual leader | JohnGBell |
3 | life spirit | Dr. Fred Thomson |
Proposed translations
+5
21 Min.
Selected
guiding spirit
inspiring spirit
inspiration
guiding light
a few possibilities
inspiration
guiding light
a few possibilities
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+4
9 Min.
spiritual leader
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Peer comment(s):
agree |
Kim Metzger
: Wahrig - spiritus Rector: führender, belebender Geist, treibende Kraft (eines Unternehmens)
10 Min.
|
agree |
Narasimhan Raghavan
25 Min.
|
agree |
Schwabamädle
: Glaube meine Vermutung mit dem "alcoholic principal" stimmt nicht.
1 Stunde
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agree |
langnet
3 Stunden
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+5
13 Min.
Can leave it
or call it the 'moving spirit', 'driving force', 'intellectual conscience', 'spiritual father', etc.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Thomas Bollmann
2 Min.
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agree |
Narasimhan Raghavan
: It seems to be a Latin term and we can leave it as it is, but writing "rector" instead of "rektor".
22 Min.
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agree |
Armorel Young
: good to leave it - but spiritual father is also good (but not spiritual leader IMO, which reeks far toos strongly of the leader of a sect)
1 Stunde
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neutral |
Ryszard Matuszewski
: a moving or guiding spirit; I rather wouldn't leave it
1 Stunde
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agree |
Laszlo Szabo
: Best to leave it, it leaves its archaic sense
2 Stunden
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agree |
langnet
: Ist ja eigentlich Latein hier, und im D sehr verbreitet. Bei einer Google-Suche (mit "k" und "c") bekommt man allerdings fast ausschließlich deutsche Seiten und gar keine englischsprachigen.
2 Stunden
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1 Stunde
life spirit
This would be my choice
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