def translate_catchment_attributes(attributes):
    """
    Translates the catchment attributes from their German names to English.
    """
    attributes.rename(columns={"dominating_soil_type_bk500":"Soil Type [/]", 
                               "leitercharackter_huek250":"Aquifer Conductivity [/]",
                               "gesteinsart_huek250":"Geology Type [/]",
                               "soil_texture_boart_1000": "Soil Texture [/]",
                               "durchlässigkeit_huek250":"Permeability [/]",
                               "land_use_corine":"Land Use [/]",
                               "area_m2_watershed":"Area [km²]",
                               "grundwasserneubildung_gwn_1000": "Ground Water Recharge [mm]",
                               "greundigkeit_physgru_1000":"Soil Depth [m]",
                               "slope_mean_dem_40":"Slope [/]",
                               "elongation_ratio":"Elongation Ratio [/]",
                               "et_mean":"Act. Evapotranspiration [mm]",
                               "dis_mean":"Discharge [mm]",
                               "prec_mean":"Precipitation [mm]",
                               "runoff_ratio":"Runoff-Ratio [/]"},
                        inplace=True)
    attributes["Soil Type [/]"].replace({'Dystric_Cambisols':"DC",
       'Haplic_Luvisols_/_Eutric_Podzoluvisols_/_Stagnic_Gleysols_':"HL/EP/SG",
       'Eutric_Cambisols' :"EC",
       'Spodic_Cambisols' :"SC",
       'Eutric_Cambisols_/_Stagnic_Gleysols':"EC/SG", 
       'Dystric_Cambisols_':"DC",
       'Spodic_Cambisol_':"SC", 
       'Eutric_Cambisols_/_Stagnic_Gleysols_':"EC/SG"}, inplace=True)
    attributes["Aquifer Conductivity [/]"].replace({
            'Grundwasser-Geringleiter': "low", 
            'Grundwasser-Leiter': "normal",
            'Grundwasser-Leiter/Geringleiter':"normal/low"}, inplace=True)
    attributes["Geology Type [/]"].replace({
            'Sediment' : "sedimentary", 
            'Magmatit': "igneous" },inplace=True)
    attributes["Soil Texture [/]"].replace({
            'Lehmsande (ls)': "loamy sand", 
            'Tonschluffe (tu)':"clay silt", 
            'Sandlehme (sl)': "sandy loam",       
            'Schlufftone (ut)': "silty clay", 
            'Lehmschluffe (lu)': "loamy silt"},inplace=True)
    attributes["Permeability [/]"].replace({
            'gering (>1E-7 - 1E-5)': "low", 
            'mittel bis maessig (>1E-5 - 1E-3)':"mid/moderate",
            'maessig (>1E-5 - 1E-4)':"moderate", 
            'gering bis aeußerst gering (<1E-5)':"low/very low",
            'maessig bis gering (>1E-6 - 1E-4)':"moderate/low", 
            'sehr gering (>1E-9 - 1E-7)':"very low",
            'stark variabel':"variable", 
            'mittel (>1E-4 - 1E-3)':"mid"}, inplace=True)
    return attributes