Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Feste und Bräuche im Jahreslauf
English translation:
Festivals and customs throughout the year
Added to glossary by
Trudy Peters
Sep 1, 2010 17:18
13 yrs ago
German term
Not a translator
Feste und Bräuche im Jahreslauf
German to English
Social Sciences
Folklore
I'm curious how I might translate this book title.
Can "im" here be something like "throughout"? "...in the course of the year" is a bit flat in English.
I'm not a professional translator, so please don't get on my case for asking what is probably an obvious question to some. Thanks!
Can "im" here be something like "throughout"? "...in the course of the year" is a bit flat in English.
I'm not a professional translator, so please don't get on my case for asking what is probably an obvious question to some. Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | Festivals and customs throughout the year |
Trudy Peters
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| 4 +1 | a year of festivals and customs |
Andy Yeomans (X)
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Change log
Sep 2, 2010 22:50: Trudy Peters Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Festivals and customs throughout the year
would work in my opinion
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2010-09-02 20:27:49 GMT) Post-grading
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I suppose you could say "German festivals .......", but then it wouldn't really reflect the German title.
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I suppose you could say "German festivals .......", but then it wouldn't really reflect the German title.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
phillee
: Having seen the reviews on Amazon. Might want to mention that it refers specifically to "German" customs and traditions
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| agree |
BrigitteHilgner
: I think this works well.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I'm going to go with this one, though the other option was good, too. Thank you!"
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a year of festivals and customs
One of a number of possibilities and which seems to have some support...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-09-01 19:28:27 GMT)
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Thanks Philgoddard!
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-09-01 19:28:27 GMT)
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Thanks Philgoddard!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jenny Streitparth
4 hrs
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| neutral |
BrigitteHilgner
: This leaves me with the impression that the book deals with a specific year - but I assume the book mentions customs etc. which occur every year/most years.
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Discussion
http://www.amazon.de/Feste-Bräuche-Jahreslauf-Johanna-Woll/d...
We wouldn't dream of getting on your case if you're not a professional translator, but it would be useful to know what the translation is going to be used for. Do you just need a working translation, or is this the title that will go on the cover?
If it's the latter, a direct translation would not work, not least because you have to specify that it's Germany that you're talking about, so the translation might be very different from the German.