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Hi friends, thanks to a question on the Humanities Desk, I've been reading Vindobona and noticed that the map is labelled in German. Could anyone here provide translations so we can request an English-language version of the map? 70.67.193.176 (talk) 14:13, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
- Well, to get you started, the Danau River is the Danube. SinisterLefty (talk) 03:34, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
- Legend at bottom: Kaserne (Barracks) Stabsgebäude (Staff building) Kommandeursgebäude (Commandant's building) Tribunenhäuser (Tribunes' quarters) Lagerbad (Baths) Vorratsspeicher (Storehouse) Lazarett (Hospital) Gräberfelder (Cemeteries) wichtige Fundpunkte (Major discovery locations) aktuelle Straßenführung (Current street routing) aktuelle Bauwerke (Current buildings) Höhe ab Donauspiegel (10. jh) (Elevation above Danube in 10th century)
- Jmar67 (talk) 06:25, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
- Other text: ~ 250 n. Chr. (ca. 250 A.D.) Universität (University) Rathaus (City Hall) Parlament (Parliament) Jmar67 (talk) 06:35, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
- City hall = rat house, how appropriate. :-) SinisterLefty (talk) 14:21, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you very much @Jmar67! This is terrific. Really appreciate your work. I think the smaller rivers and the streets can retain their German names, but am wondering about the other red square (Stephansdom - would it be something like Stephan's Cathedral?) and the purple dots (Freyung/Herrengasse, Fleischmarkt, Michaelerplatz, Neuer Markt) and gray blobs (Stallburggasse, Albertina, Karntnerstrasse/Oper) - would any of these be more meaningful translated, or are they names of modern places in Vienna? 70.67.193.176 (talk) 15:44, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
- Stephansdom is St. Stephen's Cathedral. As for the other words, I think they can be left untranslated. In fact, I don't think it would sound suitable to transform Herrengasse into 'Sirs alley' or 'Herren alley', or Fleischmarkt into 'meat mart' (the more so as the translation would lead to think that there's an actual mart, while in fact it's only the name of the street, based on the fact that there was said mart). Albertina is the name of a museum. Galtzaile (talk) 17:04, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
- Good, thank you also! Request has been made at [1] 70.67.193.176 (talk) 20:33, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
- Stephansdom is St. Stephen's Cathedral. As for the other words, I think they can be left untranslated. In fact, I don't think it would sound suitable to transform Herrengasse into 'Sirs alley' or 'Herren alley', or Fleischmarkt into 'meat mart' (the more so as the translation would lead to think that there's an actual mart, while in fact it's only the name of the street, based on the fact that there was said mart). Albertina is the name of a museum. Galtzaile (talk) 17:04, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you very much @Jmar67! This is terrific. Really appreciate your work. I think the smaller rivers and the streets can retain their German names, but am wondering about the other red square (Stephansdom - would it be something like Stephan's Cathedral?) and the purple dots (Freyung/Herrengasse, Fleischmarkt, Michaelerplatz, Neuer Markt) and gray blobs (Stallburggasse, Albertina, Karntnerstrasse/Oper) - would any of these be more meaningful translated, or are they names of modern places in Vienna? 70.67.193.176 (talk) 15:44, 4 October 2019 (UTC)