Glossary entry

Greek term or phrase:

αυτοκράτορας των τριαριών

English translation:

Emperor of the threes / Three times an Emperor

Added to glossary by Dylan Edwards
Jun 18, 2010 12:35
13 yrs ago
Greek term

αυτοκράτορας των τριαριών

Greek to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Εδώ έγινα ο Αυτοκράτορας των εστιατορίων, εδώ στέφθηκα και «αυτοκράτορας των τριαριών» σε τρεις εκλογικές αναμετρήσεις. Λέω αυτοκράτορας και όχι βασιλιάς ή ...

This concerns the experiences of a Greek immigrant in Nuremberg, Germany.

Can you throw any light on this? I'd like to know, for a start, exactly what τριαριών means here. Thanks

Discussion

Dylan Edwards (asker) Jun 19, 2010:
Definitely a German cultural reference, then. Incidentally - correct me if I'm wrong - I don't see any reason to take εκλογική αναμέτρηση in any sense other than 'election'.
I notice the Collins dictionary gives two meanings for εκλογική αναμέτρηση (depending which word you look up): 'electoral showdown' and 'electoral re-count'.

Proposed translations

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Emperor of the threes / Three times an Emperor

It simply means of the "threes" (probably three elections as she won in three elections).

It is a German pub:

Hier wurde ich zum "Restaurant-Kaiser", hier wurde ich auch zum "Dreier-Kaiser" bei drei Wahlkämpfen. ch benutze den Titel "Kaiser" und nicht "König" oder irgendetwas anderes, weil Nürnberg im Mittelalter zum Ort bestimmt worden war, an dem der neu gekrönte Kaiser seine erste Reichstagssitzung abhielt.

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Note added at 48 mins (2010-06-18 13:23:46 GMT)
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pub = pun
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