Translation of "Gesellschaftliches ansehen" in English

The recklessness of coming from a family with no social standing.

To her social position and material prosperity seem to be an adequate guarantee for a happy future.

Thus, vast inequalities of power, social standing, and economic well-being were part and parcel of the forging of the Americas.

The Government has set ambitious targets for increasing childcare provision and standards, but progress has proved difficult because the sector exhibits low status and conditions of service.

In this field the challenge is twofold: to bring the educational system closer to the working world, but also, within the educational system, to reinstate the position of technical education, which has suffered from being held in little regard in society compared with general academic education (for example, the announcement of the objective of '80% of every age group reaching baccalauréat level in the year 2000' caused a faster rise of pupils in general education than in the technological and vocational streams of education, contrary to what had been hoped).

However, a common feature the countries in question shared was the relatively low prestige of vocational education within society.

In this field the challenge is twofold: to bring the education system closer to the working world, but also, within the education system, to reinstate the position of technical education, which has suffered from being held in little regard in society compared with general academic education.

During the entire period of Soviet rule, Moldovan speakers were encouraged to learn the Russian language as a prerequisite for access to higher education, social status and political power.

Due to his sumptuous and representative style of living, especially by hosting concerts and masked balls, he strongly assured his high society esteem, where—although aristocracy had been abolished in Austria by 1919—he was still addressed as "Baron Franckenstein".

After the National Socialists came to power, Max Elias, as a person of Jewish heritage with a criminal record, had no social standing whatsoever, and the judges described his behavior as "typically Jewish business dealings.”

Yet he soon saw that many of the old desk job Nazis took key positions in the “New Germany” and enjoyed high social standing, while he, because he openly expressed his social-revolutionary thinking, was often unemployed and impoverished even in times of full employment.

In copying the Mediterranean prototypes, the Celtic princes aimed to compare themselves to the great kings of ancient times, symbols of social prestige.

If in the past wealth and social prestige were granted by the ruler's decrees on privileges, now money became the deciding factor: it could buy practically anything.

The Royal family has sought homoeopathic treatment since the 19th century and advocates the approach publicly, thus securing for it a high reputation in society.

However, for fear of their social esteem her accomplices and their families put her under increasing pressure.

Why then are we not financially stable?” To them the meaning of God is prosperity and a so-called position in society!

As a result of their stay in prison, the young men and women lose their social status, are stigmatised after their release, and end up on the margins of society.

Just as doubles prey on especially attractive personalities, artists too show a preference for status-bearing professions, those enjoying high social regard (or at least those regarded as important).

In the Roman Empire representations of battle scenes served the purpose of transferring martial achievements and military ability into social prestige and political benefit, in which - in comparison to triumphs - they had the advantage of being non-transient.

Politics should be based on reconciliation and tolerance, social standing on service and contribution, marriages entered into for love and women not condemned to passive obedience: Kupelwieser took many of the ideals and political aims of the younger generation of the 19th century as his themes, and slipped them past the censor under the guise of a medieval knightly tale.

Accommodation is a factor in determining social esteem.

Their social standing drew the attention of wide parts of the population to it.

As a former village schoolmaster Geyer's social position was lower than theirs.

Especially shocking for me was the status of women - their own self-image and their standing in society.

If young people in particular view experimenting with drugs as normal and socially acceptable, this is a key factor influencing their values and their behaviour concerning drug consumption.

It would surprise me if middle-class women anywhere in the world – brought up to view certain forms of economic ignorance and naiveté as socially appropriate – could, without climbing a steep learning curve, be as reliable and hard-nosed as the world’s poor and working-class women consistently prove themselves to be.