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Lebensräume-Lebensträume

English translation: space for living - space for dreaming


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German term or phrase:Lebensräume-Lebensträume
English translation:space for living - space for dreaming
Entered by: Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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14:35 Oct 20, 2009
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Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
German term or phrase: Lebensräume-Lebensträume
This is from an image brochure for a regional development agency.

"Die Bodensee Agenda 21 greift Themen auf wie „Jugend und Politik“, „Nachhaltige Gemeinde- und Regionalentwicklung“, „Lebensqualität und Nahversorgung“, „Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften“ oder **„Lebensräume-Lebensträume“**.

I'd appreciate any good ideas.
Claire Gordon-Kühl
Local time: 05:26
space for living - space for dreaming
Explanation:

...not 100% what the original text says but very suitable IMO... :-)

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Thank you, Claire
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
Germany
Local time: 05:26
Grading comment
Thanks for all your help. This was my definite favourite too.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +11space for living - space for dreaming
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
4living environments-dreams of a lifetime/living spaces-dreams of a lifetimeIngrid Moore
3living space[s] - lifelong dream[s]Marga Shaw
3Personal space - Individual desiresKphred


  

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living environments-dreams of a lifetime/living spaces-dreams of a lifetime


Explanation:
my option;

Ingrid Moore
Local time: 05:26
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Native speaker of: German
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living space[s] - lifelong dream[s]


Explanation:


... could be a possibility?
I like it actually better the other way round, i.e. "lifelong dream[s] - living space[s].

A mobile research unit will traverse the area between the Oder River and Rhein River in search of questions and answers to the topic Lebenstraum und Lebensraum, or Lifelong Dream and Living Space. The focus of this project is to research the formation of opinions in order to demonstrate the mechanisms that shape individual identity and national feeling.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:OP1ozEhKsasJ:www.uni-we...


Marga Shaw
Local time: 04:26
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Personal space - Individual desires


Explanation:
Just a Californian take...

Kphred
Local time: 21:26
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Native speaker of: English
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
space for living - space for dreaming


Explanation:

...not 100% what the original text says but very suitable IMO... :-)

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Note added at 1 Tag21 Stunden (2009-10-22 12:21:50 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you, Claire

Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
Germany
Local time: 05:26
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks for all your help. This was my definite favourite too.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Manjula Dias-Hargarter, Ph.D.: sounds good, Harald! I was thinking something along the same lines.
5 mins
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agree  philgoddard: Excellent! I didn't think a literal translation would work before I saw your answer.
30 mins
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agree  Trudy Peters: nice!
57 mins
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agree  Helen Shiner: or room for living - room for dreaming
1 hr
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agree  Sonja Marks
1 hr
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agree  CArcher
1 hr
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agree  Goldcoaster
1 hr
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agree  Stuart Dykes
2 hrs
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agree  Jutta Scherer: Klingt auf jeden Fall am besten. Vielleicht auch einfach: Spaces for Living and Dreaming?
2 hrs
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agree  Julia Lipeles
2 hrs
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agree  Teresa Reinhardt: habitats...?
3 hrs
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Changes made by editors
Oct 22, 2009 - Changes made by Harald Moelzer (medical-translator):
Edited KOG entryClaire Gordon-Kühl's old entry - "Lebensräume-Lebensträume" => "space for living - space for dreaming"


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