Beauftragte für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration

19:32 Sep 29, 2015
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German to English translations [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Neuseeland Einwanderung
German term or phrase: Beauftragte für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration
Guten Abend,
ich muss wieder mal kurz mit einer linguistischen Neuseeland-Frage nerven. Wie würde man in Neuseeland eine/einen "Beauftragte(n) für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration" bezeichnen? Ich blicke einfach nicht durch. Es muss aber wirklich ein Amt/eine Person sein, die sich sowohl mit Flüchtlingen, aber auch, und vielleicht sogar noch mehr, mit Einwanderung von Fachkräften befasst. So ein immigration officer halt, aber ein dem deutschen Amt gleich hoch gestellter.
Danke im Voraus
Liza Dorogova
Germany
Local time: 11:13


Summary of answers provided
5 +2Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration
Andreas Hild
3 -2(Immigration New Zealand) case officer
Daniel Arnold (X)
3 -2Manager (or Officer or Director) for Immigration, Refugees, and Integration
TechLawDC


Discussion entries: 21





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
(Immigration New Zealand) case officer


Explanation:
Unless you are after someone high up the administrative ranks (which would be something like a commissioner), this would be the equivalent. A case officer at Immigration NZ makes decisions on issues relating to visas, permits and cancellations.

Daniel Arnold (X)
Australia
Local time: 11:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Andreas Hild: See Thomas's explantion; "Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Immigration" might be anywhere close if it were to exist
6 hrs

disagree  Thomas Pfann: Could agree with 'commissioner'. That's the term used in this NZ article: "Germany's commissioner for immigration [...]" http://bit.ly/1Ljrpav // I don't doubt your experience with NZ Immi, but the German Beauftr. is not someone who deals w/ indiv. cases
9 hrs
  -> You haven't dealt with NZ Immi yourself Thomas, we have, and unfortunately your opinion is misguided... problem being that in NZ it's different. It's really just an ordinary case officer, they make the decisions, they are the "Beauftragter". Similar AU.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Manager (or Officer or Director) for Immigration, Refugees, and Integration


Explanation:
I think the office is a mid-level office, not that of a "commissioner", which in my conception is higher. In other words, I think there are two or several such "Officers" or "Managers" or "Directors".
Alternatives: Maybe "Associate Director" or "Associate Officer".
I think "Integration" means integration of immigrants, but I would not expand the title to ... "Integration of Immigrants", because that is not part of the lingo.

TechLawDC
United States
Local time: 06:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daniel Arnold (X): I dont think you will find someone with such a title in New Zealand.
8 mins

agree  philgoddard: I wish the asker would stop asking for the New Zealand equivalent of German concepts! She won't agree with your answer, but I do :-) From what Thomas says, "director" might work best.
1 hr

disagree  Andreas Hild: Unfortunately this makes no sense.
6 hrs

disagree  Björn Vrooman: Do not at all understand Phil's agreement here. Even if you look for an adequate translation without using NZ terminology, she is neither a manager nor director of anything. See discussion entries for an explanation of what she's responsible for.
8 hrs

disagree  Thomas Pfann: The German office is definitely a higher one, that of a 'commissioner' or 'minister'.
9 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration


Explanation:
The Federal Government Commissioner has an independent, advisory function to the German Government, which he or she supports in developing its integration policy and in promoting the co-existence between foreigners and Germans. The Federal Government Commissioner is officially a Minister of State in the Federal Chancellery.

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Note added at 16 hrs (2015-09-30 11:40:27 GMT)
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Maria Böhmer ist eine deutsche Politikerin und war Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Böhmer

Example sentence(s):
  • The German Government has appointed Maria Böhmer as the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration.

    Reference: http://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/EN/StatischeSeiten/Sch...
Andreas Hild
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Björn Vrooman: Thank you as well for your discussion posts!
57 mins
  -> Cheers!

agree  Alexandra Weissgerber
1 day 5 hrs
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