Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Aufklärer

English translation:

intelligence

Added to glossary by Olaf Reibedanz
Feb 26, 2004 17:04
20 yrs ago
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German term

Aufklärer

German to English Other Military / Defense
Interview with a Russion World War II veteran:

Man sagte, dass Stalin ganz ruhig sei, weil der Vertrag mit Deutschland abgeschlossen wurde. Es wurde ja auch Getreide nach Deutschland exportiert. So war dann alles natürlich ganz unvermutet - obwohl ja unsere **Aufklärer** darüber informiert hatten, dass ein Krieg vorbereitet wird. Es gab sogar die Instruktion, dass wir uns nicht den Anschein geben, uns verteidigen zu wollen oder kriegerische Handlungen gegen die Deutschen zu unternehmen. So war das, obwohl man Stalin gemeldet hatte, dass Kiew bombardiert wurde und außerdem viele Städte in Belorussland.

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Feb 26, 2004:
Question Reconnaissance was also my first idea, but is it not a bit too formal a term in the context of an interview?

Proposed translations

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intelligence

..obwohl man ja sagt, 'Military Intelligence is a contradiction in terms' (gg) wird es wohl doch für sowas benutzt.
Ich glaube nicht, dass es auf Flugzeuge eingeschränkt ist.
Peer comment(s):

agree Trudy Peters : definitely. Nothing to do with planes.
8 mins
agree ECP11
11 mins
agree Cécile Kellermayr
25 mins
agree David Moore (X)
55 mins
agree Renate FitzRoy
2 hrs
agree Colin Newberry : The best solution
3 hrs
agree Kevin Fulton : This is general enough to include all possibilities
11 hrs
agree Susan Geiblinger
14 hrs
agree Textklick : Good cover-all
15 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks everybody!"
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German term (edited): Aufkl�rer

reconnaissance plane

Appears in Collins.
Peer comment(s):

agree Kim Metzger : It's not clear that planes are meant. I'd stick with reconnaissance.http://www.pilotenbunker.de/Jagdflieger/Usaf/Foss_Joseph/fos...
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disagree Colin Newberry : Never
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17 mins
German term (edited): Aufkl�rer

intelligence

either: even though our intelligence had gathered information / ... had informed us that they were preparing for war

or: even though we had intelligence that they were preparing for war
Peer comment(s):

agree Trudy Peters
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21 mins
German term (edited): Aufkl�rer

scouts

For a more informal term. A scout is someone who watches for something to happen. The Russians had spies in Germany.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mario Marcolin : intelligence scouts
55 mins
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