Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Wirteprüfungskommission

English translation:

licensing commission

Added to glossary by Shane London
Apr 2, 2008 00:30
16 yrs ago
German term

Wirteprüfungskommission

German to English Bus/Financial Tourism & Travel
From a licence to manage a 'Wirtschaft mit Alkoholausschank' in the Swiss Canton of Lucerne.

Is this a publican's examination committee or a landlord's examination committee or something else?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 licensing commission

Discussion

Shane London (asker) Apr 2, 2008:
The document was issued in 1995 and is signed by the president of the Wirteprüfungskommission and the Regierungsrat of the Volkswirtschaftsdepartement of the Canton of Lucerne.

Proposed translations

+3
3 hrs
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licensing commission

or licensing authority

is what grants licenses carries out inspections to check whether establishments comply with their conditions.
Wouldn't worry too much about a literal translation, since the Swiss system won't match the one of another country anyway.
IMO this gets across what's needed quite adequately
Peer comment(s):

agree Megan Yeary
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agree Priya Dubey Sah
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agree Ingeborg Gowans (X)
8 hrs
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