Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Bildungsnotstandsgebiet
English translation:
educational disaster area
German term
France
Finance & Energy // French & English
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
Bildungsnotstandsgebiet
Juengst noch mussten wir lediglich den allweil ueblichen Unmut ueber die Jugend von heute hegen: ein einziger unverstaendlicher Brei sei sie, ein Klump aus Unbildung und schlechten Absichten, eine in ihrer Gesamtheit zu spaerlich bekleidete Generation in sprachlicher Schieflage.
Eben noch war der Herr von den UN da, um nach Botswana und Malawi auch das **Bildungsnotstandsgebiet** Deutschland abzumahnen.
TIA!
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Barbara Wiegel
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Harald Kastler (X)
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Henry Schroeder
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Mar 9, 2006 14:30: @caduceus (X) changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Henry Schroeder, Trans-Marie, @caduceus (X)
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Proposed translations
Germany
Words don't come easy - let me help you!
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, Russian to German, German
educational disaster area
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Diana Loos
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Rachel Ward
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Henry Schroeder
: Isn't disaster overdoing it a little in the context of Germany? Perhaps it's because I went to school in the Bronx. One might call parts of the Bronx an educational disaster area, but does anything in Germany correspond to that?
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It's exaggerated, but so is the German Notstand. I can't really comment on the educational system nowadays - I grew up in the GDR & went through a very rigid but nonetheless comprehensive school education.
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David Moore (X)
: @ Henry Schroeder: You should live in Lower Saxony - you'd know what an educational disaster area REALLY is...unmotivated teachers, uncontrolled schoolchildren - we've got the lot!!!
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Thanks. Can't really comment on the state of the nation - have got no first-hand experience (no kids) and had the "honor" of being educated in the GDR
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educational wasteland
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David Moore (X)
: But "sat*I*rical", surely?
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thanks. And, yeah, you're *w*right
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C. Peter
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United States
20 years of experience, certified, ATA
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, English
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