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gachette = trigger (firearm) / gaine
externe =
jacket (flexible
hose)
/ gamelle = lunch box, mess tin, billy can; feeding bowl (animal) / ganzheitlich
= "all-in" (method,
approach)
/ Ganzzugsverbindung =
block
train
connection, link (transport)
/ garanti des juges; garantie
des juges
= case-law
(adj.),
i.e. rights etc.
confirmed by
court rulings as opposed to existing in statute
/ garniture de
presse-étoupe =
gland
packing (valve)
/ Gaspendelverfahren
= vapour recovery process (reduces
air pollution from
petrol/gasoline vapour on garage forecourts /
Gau
=
größtmöglicher
anzunehmender Unfall = maxim
credible
accident (MCA); loosely used to
mean any (nuclear) accident. e.g. "Chernobyl
war ein Supergau" / Gay
Lussac: the oGL=1%
by volume. 40% vol.
means 100
litres of spirit contain 40 litres pure alcohol at 15oC.
40%
vol. or
40o
d'alcool = 70o
proof (GB) and 80 proof (US) (ITI)
/ gazole
(also
gas-oil,
gasoil)
= diesel (dyed yellow: motor
vehicle fuel); fuel oil (dyed
red:
domestic heating oil e.g. = mazout)
/ gedragscode =
modus vivendi (EU:
between EP, Council, Commission)
/
gefühlsbetonte
Werbung
=
emotional
advertising / Gegendarstellung
= right of reply (media)
/ Gegenspülung =
counterflushing (coalm.)
/ Gegenwertfonds =
counterpart fund (trade)
/ Gemengelage
= diversity of views
/ Generalized
System of Preferences (GATT)
/ Generationenvertrag
= contract between the generations (social
security) / Gericht:
names recommended by German FO
and Justice Ministry:
Amtsgericht
=
District Court; Arbeitsgericht = Labour Court; Bundesarbeitsgericht =
Federal
Labour Court; Bundesfinanzhof = Federal Fiscal Court; Bundesgerichtshof
=
Federal High Court; Bundessozialgericht = Federal Social Court;
Bundesverfassungsgericht = Federal Constitutional Court;
Bundesverwaltungsgericht = Federal Administrative Court; Finanzgericht
= Fiscal
Court; Landesarbeitsgericht = Regional Labour Court;
Landessozialgericht =
Regional Social Court; Landgericht = Regional Court; Oberlandesgericht
= Higher
Regional Court; Oberverwaltungsgericht, Verwaltungsgerichthof = Higher
Administrative Court; Sozialgericht = Social Court / Verwaltungsgericht
=
Administrative Court / geringfügige
Beschäftigung =
marginal employment; "little" job / Geringfügigkeitsschwelle
= low-income threshold /
Gesamtverkehr
= transportation (as concept)
/ gesellschaftliche Unternehmensverantwortung see
CSM
/ gestaakte
dagen = days lost (labour)
/
Gewährleistungsbürgschaft
= maintenance bond
(constr.)
/ geweldchip
= violence chip, v-chip (TV
broadc.)
/
Gewerbeaufsichtsamt
= trrading standards office /
Gewinnverkürkungen und Gewinnverlagerungen see
BEPS
(int.
finance) / Gießharz
=
foundry
resin / Gießpulver =
casting powder (steelm.)
/ gigabyte
=
10024 Mb / Gipskartonplatten =
plasterboard / girokaart =
giro
cheque / glansspreeuw =
glossy starling (bird)
/ Glasperlenspiel:
suggest "intellectual challenge, "brain-teaser". Hermann
Hesse novel, titled in EN "The Glass Bead Game" or "Magister Ludi".
/ glasvlies =
glass fibre mat, "batt" (ITI)
/ Gleichgewichtsökonomie
=
steady-state economy / rechtsdrehendes Gleichschlagseil
=
finished
righthand langs lay (ropes)
/ glissière
de sécurité =
crash
barrier (roads)
/ température
de globe
noir = wet bulb
globe temperature
/ golfvorm =
waveform (elec., NB one word)
/ gouvernance =
governance
(definitions:
"the way
in which power is exercised in the management of the economic and
social
resources of a country, notably with a view to
development’ (World
Bank);
‘Governance refers to the process whereby elements in society
wield
power and
authority, and influence and enact policies
and decisions concerning
public
life, and economic and social development. These involve the
relationship of
individual men and women to the state, the organisation of organs of
state, the
generation and management of resources for current and future
generations, and
the relationship between states. As such governance
is
a broader notion than government (whose principal elements
include the constitution, the legislature, the executive and the
judiciary).
Governance involves the
nature of interaction between such formally defined institutions, and
those of
civil society. Existing cultural values and social norms, traditions or
structures are important influences on this interaction
process." (International
Institute of Administrative Sciences
(IIAS): Governance - A
draft Composite Definition,
Brussels 1996) / gouvernement
des experts
= technocracy /
octroi de la grâce
= prerogative of
mercy (polit.)
/ loi des grands
nombres = law of large numbers
(probability theory, Bernoulli)
/ charte graphique
= graphic standard; graphic identity (set
of logos,
formatting rules etc. applied across a body's official documents to
convey its identity) / grappe
d'innovation =
innovative
cluster (geographic
concentration of competing and
cooperating businesses,
etc.)
/ marché gré
à gré
= negotiated contract;
private contract (comm.)
/ grenaillage
=
shot-blasting (cleaning of pipes)
/ grève perlée = go-slow / grippage
=
jamming (machinery)
/ Großer Senat für Strafsachen =
Grand Criminal
Panel (DE, FCJ) / Großfeuerungsanlagen
= large combustion plants / Grubenbahnen
mit
Personenbeförderung =
man-riding trains (coalm.)
/ angrenzendes Grubenfeld =
adjoining
concession (coalm.)
/ Grubengebäude =
underground
operations,
everything under ground (coalm.)
/ Grundgesamtheit =
parent population (stat.);
Grundgesamtheitsmaßzahl
=
parameter; Grundgesamtheitsmittel
= population mean / Grundgesetz
=
Basic Law (D):
Geltungsbereich
of
(Article 23): "Dieses
GG gilt zunächst im Gebiete der Länder (list
follows). In anderen Teilen
Deutschlands ist es
nach deren
Beitritt in Kraft zu setzen."
/ Grundstoff =
base material (building)
/ Grundwerkstoff
=
base material (welding)
/ "guichet unique"
=
one-stop-shop (general, also
EU
rail
freight
freeways) / guide-fil = fire marshall (fire
safety; see also serre-fil)
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 26 November 2024
