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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Denomination

English translation:

field

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2016-01-17 08:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jan 13, 2016 13:23
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German term

Denomination

German to English Social Sciences Science (general) University
Anyone know a commonly used term for "Denomination" in the sense of assigning a professor to a specific field?
In Germany, "Denomination" means something like a deputation or assignment of an academic, see here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denomination_(Wissenschaft)
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 field
3 +1 denomination
1 (academic) designation

Discussion

Emal Ghamsharick (asker) Jan 14, 2016:
"...sowohl alle 10 Professuren und Juniorprofessuren mit einer Genderdenomination als auch die Geschäftsleitung des ZtG sind ausschließlich weiß positioniert."
The example doesn't give much info. The cited Wikipedia article is better.
philgoddard Jan 13, 2016:
Emal I don't think it means the act of assigning, as you imply; it's the field in which they teach. But you haven't given a sentence containing the word, so it's hard to be sure.

Proposed translations

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field

In English, denomination is one's attachment to a religion, or the religion itself.
I'm still looking for some references.

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Note added at 44 mins (2016-01-13 14:07:40 GMT)
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area of study

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Note added at 19 hrs (2016-01-14 08:34:35 GMT)
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In response to your note, I would still suggest field, but perhaps supplement it with 'of responsibility'
Note from asker:
"Denomination" means something like the job description, but not exactly. Like the CFO's "denomination" would be to watch finances. It doesn't have to be his specialization.
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : Yes, maybe "specialist field" or "specialty", as the Wikipedia article says it's a subset of a larger subject such as education or business studies.
2 hrs
Yes, specialist field is good!
agree Lancashireman
9 hrs
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(academic) designation

finds garners a few googles in association with university professors
Note from asker:
Designation is more like the title: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_designations_in_the_United_States
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denomination

“denomination” is the term used in academic publications describing the German concept
https://goo.gl/07dbcK
https://goo.gl/84Pgse
The already established professorship in German Computational Philology (with a focus in Medieval Studies) will be complemented by two new professorships with the denominations W3 German Linguistics – Corpus and Computational Linguistics, and W2 Modern German Literature – Digital Literary Studies. The Institute thus aims to consolidate its profile in German Studies while further intensifying its commitment to the Digital Humanities that started over ten years ago.
https://textencodinginitiative.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/2-dh...
Peer comment(s):
agree Johannes Gleim : Sounds correct.
1 hr
neutral Lancashireman : Second link: "Parallel professors will cut each other here and now." (Walter Rüegg)
2 hrs
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