How do you write an address from abroad?
Let's assume I write an address in German and want to add an address that is located abroad.
Do I then have to write the words "street", "house number", etc. in the language of the respective country?
Example: "106 DOYERS ST. 8 ARLINGTON DR. 599 NW BAY BLVD."
An American address. Should I write it exactly as it appears in the original, without translating it into German?
You have to write the address in such a way that the postman or the distributor can read it. therefore always in the national language of the recipient country and in the notation usual in the recipient country. The only thing you write in German is the country in which the broadcast is to go, because the German postal distributor must be able to read this, while the place and street are not interested in the German postal distribution. In fact, you have to write the country in French, because for international postal services, French is the language to which everyone has agreed. This has the advantage that if the consignment is not sent directly to the recipient country, it makes a detour to another country that can also be read where the consignment is to go. This happens, for example: regularly, if sending and receiving countries do not have a contract on cross-border postal services or are in war with each other (then the post goes according to the Geneva Conventions on a neutral third country)
So address according to the recipient country and directly above the country name in French.