German term
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Höhe des Doms
"Der rote Mazda kommt immer wieder in den langen Schlangen, die sich am Rheinufer entlangziehen, zum Stehen, Georg von Heuken wartet jetzt in *Höhe des Doms*..."
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
where the embankment passes the cathedral
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Note added at 12 mins (2005-11-07 14:12:09 GMT)
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'level with' (thanks to Franglish)
Anything with 'close to' or 'near' does not do justice to the linear relationship here. (After all, the Hbf is also 'close to' the Cathedral)
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Note added at 26 mins (2005-11-07 14:26:13 GMT)
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PS Cathedral with capital 'C', of course
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Edith Kelly
: good idea but the embankment does not pass the cathedral in Cologne./ The main railway station and some roads are between the Cathedral and the Rhine.
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How close is close, Edith? // Some roads? Are we referring to the same city?
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franglish
: right, he's stuck in the traffic once more, level with the Dom
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Steffen Walter
: w/ Edith / I don't think there's a "linear relationship" involved here - this is just a general statement indicating that the guy's waiting near the Cathedral.
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How close is close, Steffen? // Look at the context. Georg is driving along the embankment (Rheinuferstraße). This is a linear route taking him past landmarks. Why else would the author write 'Höhe'?
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Cilian O'Tuama
: level with - the Rheinuferstrasse passes between the river and cathedral
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Ian M-H (X)
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Kieran McCann
: level with (assuming the guy is actually in the car and not hanging about somewhere else)
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Brigitte Hagman
: I agree with "level with"... imagine a map hanging on a wall and a car driving on that map... when the car comes "level with" the cathedral, it's "in der Hoehe des Domes" ;-)
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Switzerland
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near/close to the Cathedral
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Steffen Walter
: Hmmm ... that'll teach me looking up references ... // On second thought, yes.
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looking up references is something one should do if references are needed but that's simply general talk
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Brie Vernier
: near
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Thanks Brie.
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Francis Lee (X)
: no reference required here; even I am aware that Göln is not a hilly city; in San Francisco it would be a different case .../ but "close to" is inaccurate e.g it could include west of the Dom / my point precisely, which you may have failed to see ...
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Francis, actually it's East of the Cathedral, the Rhine is to the east. But I don't really think that the exact location is important. If the is on the road, then it's simply near, as in Höhe is also not an exact description.
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Emilie
: near..
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Julia Lipeles
: near
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Lancashireman
: 'in Höhe des Doms' or 'in der Nähe des Doms'?
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Ian M-H (X)
: As it happens, it is fairly near - but that's not a necessary implication of "in Höhe". If I'm "im Stau in Höhe X" am I necessarily especially "close to" X?
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Germany
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close to [near] (the) (Cologne) Cathedral
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Francis Lee (X)
: not wrong, but possibly too vague
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Ian M-H (X)
: Doesn't "in Höhe von X" mean " on a level with" - which doesn't exclude the possibility of being some considerable distance away from X?
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Yes, that's possible.
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parallel to the cathedral
By the way, the geography of Göln is no secret:
http://www.stadtplan.net/index.asp?direct=brd/nrw/koeln/home...
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Ian M-H (X)
: This would work as well, but Andrew's "level with" sounds more natural to me here.
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